Comparison of sustainability issues in two sensitive areas of China

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1153-1167

  Zhen, Lin ^a   Cao, Shuyan ^b   Wei, Yunjie ^a,c   Dilly, Oliver ^d   Liu, Xuelin ^a,c   Li, Fen ^a   Koenig, Hannes ^e   Tscherning, Karen ^e   Helming, Katharina ^e  

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

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process (AHP); China; Indicators and indices; Pressure state response (PSR); Sensitive areas; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TREND STUDY;

EID: 70350564358     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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