Changes in the spatiotemporal pattern of urbanization in Erdos of Inner Mongolia and related driving forces

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1097-1103

  Dong, Ning ^a,b   Han, Xing Guo ^a   Wu, Jian Guo ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Driving factor; Erdos City; Landscape metrics; Landscape pattern; Spatial extent; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY PLANNING; ECONOMICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; CITY PLANNING; ECONOMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; ERDOS PLATEAU; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84860820833     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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