Landscape change and resilience theory: A palaeoenvironmental assessment from Yunnan, SW China

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-127

  Dearing, J A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive cycle; China; Climate; Decadal millennial; Erhai; Erosion; Flooding; Holocene; Land use; Landscape change; Resilience theory

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EROSION; FLOODING; HOLOCENE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MODEL TEST; MONSOON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RESILIENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; THEORY; TIME SERIES;

ASIA; CHINA; ERHAI LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 40849113220     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607085601     Document Type: Review

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