Relationships between rocky desertification and spatial pattern of land use in typical karst area, Southwest China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 881-890

  Jiang, Yongjun ^a   Li, Linli ^a   Groves, Chris ^b   Yuan, Daoxian ^a,c   Kambesis, Pat ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF KARST GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

GIS; Karst area; Nandong area; Rocky desertification; Spatial pattern of land use

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION LAND; CULTIVATED LANDS; FIELD SURVEYS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; KARST AREA; KARST AREAS; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSAT IMAGES; PRIMARY EFFECTS; SOUTHWEST CHINA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION; TYPICAL KARST AREA; UNDERGROUND RIVERS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DESERTIFICATION; FIELD SURVEY; GIS; KARST; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; LANDSAT; RIVER SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77953610960     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0083-8     Document Type: Article

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