Assessing the suitability of soil and water conservation practices in Southwestern China

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 319-327

  Liu, Gangcai ^a,b   Dai, Fuqiang ^b,c   Nan, Ling ^b,c   Du, Shuhan ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Decision making; Multiple criteria analysis; Soil and water conservation; Suitability assessment; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; LAND USE PLANNING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CHINA; SICHUAN; SUINING; YANTING;

EID: 84860136704     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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