Agricultural landscape change in China's Yangtze Delta, 1942-2002: A case study

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 523-533

  Wu, Jun Xi ^a,b   Cheng, Xu ^b   Xiao, Hong Sheng ^c   Wang, Hongqing ^a   Yang, Lin Zhang ^d   Ellis, Erle C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Agricultural history; Agricultural village landscapes; China; Ecotope; Environmental history; Land cover change; Land use change; Long term change; Traditional agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FARMERS ATTITUDE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; VILLAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 57849118288     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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