An elephant in the planning room: Political demography and its influence on sustainable land-use planning in drylands

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 596-611

  Orenstein, D E ^a   Jiang, L ^b   Hamburg, S P ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dryland development; Environmental planning; Negev; Political demography; Spatial planning; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND USE PLANNING; PARADIGM SHIFT; POLITICAL CHANGE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESOLUTION; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; ISRAEL; JIANGXI; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT; XIN RIVER;

EID: 79952107367     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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