Urban expansion of oasis cities between 1990 and 2007 in Xinjiang, China

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-262

  Liu, Yaxuan ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaolei ^a   Lei, Jun ^a   Zhu, Lei ^b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

factors of urban expansion; remote sensing; urban morphology; urban sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DISTURBANCE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GIS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSAT; OASIS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77954753241     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504501003764421     Document Type: Article

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