Oasis land-use change and its effects on the oasis eco-environment in Keriya Oasis, China

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-252

  Eziz, Mamattursun ^a,b   Yimit, Hamid ^a   Mohammad, Anwar ^a   Zhifang, Huang ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

arid zone; eco environment effects; Keriya Oasis; land use change; net and total change

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIELDWORK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OASIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; KERIYA OASIS; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77954704432     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500903211871     Document Type: Article

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