Land use planning and the Yangtze ecosystem (Wuhan section): Implications for sustainability

Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Chibamba, Douty ^a   Li, J ^a   Zhang, L ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological information; EIA; River Rehabilitation; SEA

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAND USE PLANNING; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; RIVER POLLUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WUHAN; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 62349115453     PISSN: 19947887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jest.2009.1.11     Document Type: Article

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