Assessment of eco-environment vulnerability in the northeastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 667-674

  Xiaolei, Zhou ^a   Yuee, Yan ^a   Hui, Wang ^b   Feng, Zhang ^c   Liyu, Wu ^b   Jizhou, Ren ^c  

^a Forest Inventory and Planning Institute of Gansu Province   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Assessment index; Eco environment vulnerability (EEV); Northeastern margin of the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ALPINE MEADOW; ASSESSMENT INDEX; ASSESSMENT MODELS; DYNAMIC CHANGES; ECO-ENVIRONMENTS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; IMPACT FACTOR; INDEX WEIGHT; NATURAL DISASTERS; NORTHEASTERN MARGIN OF THE QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; STUDY AREAS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DISASTERS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); RATING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MEADOW; NATURAL DISASTER; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79957839296     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0731-z     Document Type: Article

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