Natural environment suitability of China and its relationship with population distributions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3025-3039

  Yang, Xiaohuan ^a   Ma, Hanqing ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

GDP; GIS; Natural environment; NESI; Population; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDROLOGY; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SUITABILITY INDEX; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

EID: 74549224518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6123025     Document Type: Article

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