Relief degree of land surface and its influence on population distribution in China

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Feng, Zhiming ^a   Tang, Yan ^a,b   Yang, Yanzhao ^a   Zhang, Dan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; GIS; Population distribution; Relief degree of land surface (RDLS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949121519     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-008-0237-8     Document Type: Article

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