Livelihood strategy change and land use change - Case of danzam village in Upper Dadu River Watershed, Tibetan Plateau of China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-240

  Jianzhong, Yan ^a,b   Yili, Zhang ^b   Liping, Zhang ^b   Yingying, Wu ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Agricultural involution; China; Land use change; Livelihood strategy; Tibetan Plateau; Upper Dadu River watershed

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE CHANGE; RURAL AREA; VILLAGE; WATERSHED;

ASIA; CHINA; DANZAM; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 69149109446     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-009-0231-9     Document Type: Article

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