Population, land use and environmental impacts in shucheng county, anhui province, China during the ming and qing dynasties

Environment and History

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-78

  Zuozhi, Y A N ^a   Hongyi, G U ^a   Yangben, D A I ^a   Xuande, W U ^a   Dearing, John A ^b   Weiguo, Zhang ^c   Lizhong, Y U ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anhui; Environmental history; Land use; Ming; Population; Qing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; NATURAL HAZARD; PADDY FIELD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIVER SYSTEM;

ANHUI; CHINA;

EID: 69849127346     PISSN: 09673407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096734009X404662     Document Type: Article

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