Comprehensive measurement for carrying capacity of resources and environment of city clusters in Central China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-288

  Fang, Chuanglin ^a   Liu, Xiaoli ^b  

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

^b Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development   (China)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity of resources and environment; Central China; City clusters; Comprehensive measurement

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA;

EID: 77953549214     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-010-0281-z     Document Type: Article

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