Oasis land-use change and its environmental impact in Jinta Oasis, arid northwestern China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 313-320

  Qi, Shan Zhong ^a   Li, Xiao Yu ^b   Duan, Hui Ping ^a  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid northwestern China; Jinta Oasis; Land degradation; Land use change; Oasis environmental change

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BARREN LAND; GRASSLAND; LAND DEGRADATION; OASIS;

LAND USE;

WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARID REGION; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; OASIS;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; DESERTIFICATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; LAND USE;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; POACEAE; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TREES; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; JINTA;

EID: 35848957664     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9622-5     Document Type: Article

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