Natural environment suitability for human settlements in China based on GIS

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-446

  Feng, Zhiming ^a   Yang, Yanzhao ^a   Zhang, Dan ^a,b   Tang, Yan ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Hechi Power Supply Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

China; GIS; Human Settlements; Human Settlements Environment Index; Natural environment suitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349593870     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-009-0437-x     Document Type: Article

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