Climatic and anthropogenic drivers of land use/cover change in fragile karst areas of southwest China since the early 1970s: A case study on the Maotiaohe watershed

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2107-2118

  Peng, Jian ^a   Xu, Yueqing ^b   Cai, Yunlong ^c   Xiao, Honglin ^d  

^a MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving forces; Karst areas; Land use cover change; Maotiaohe watershed; Southwest China

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; COMBINED ACTIONS; CONSTRUCTION LAND; DRIVING FORCES; EARTH'S SURFACE; ECO-ENVIRONMENTS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN DRIVING; KARST AREAS; LAND USE/COVER; LAND USE/COVER CHANGE; POPULATION CHANGE; SOIL EROSION; SOUTHWEST CHINA; STUDY AREAS;

ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; KARST; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FORESTS; LAND USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; WATER SHEDS;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; MAOTIAO BASIN;

EID: 81155128676     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1037-5     Document Type: Article

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