Land Use Changes of an Aeolian-Loessial Soil Area in Northwest China: Implications for Ecological Restoration

Pedosphere

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 356-361

  CHEN, Yu Fu ^a,b   LIU, Yan Sui ^a   WANG, Jing ^b   YAN, Jian Ping ^a   GUO, Xu Dong ^b  

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

^b Yunnan Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring   (China)

Author keywords

Hengshan County; land management; per capita land area; policy; sustainable land use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRASSLAND; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY APPROACH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HENGSHAN; HUNAN;

EID: 65549127118     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(09)60126-0     Document Type: Article

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