Spatial patterns and economic contributions of mining and tourism in biodiversity hotspots: A case study in China

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1492-1498

  Huang, Ganlin ^a,b   Zhou, Weiqi ^a,b   Ali, Saleem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; China; Economic contribution; GIS; Mining; Spatial pattern; Tourism

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GIS; MINING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 79956076633     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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