Modeling soil conservation, water conservation and their tradeoffs: A case study in Beijing

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 419-426

  Bai, Yang ^a,b   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^a   Zheng, Hua ^a   Li, Xiaoma ^a   Zhuang, Changwei ^c   Jiang, Bo ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Management; Scenario; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

BEIJING , CHINA; CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST HABITATS; HUMAN POPULATION; LAND-USE STRATEGIES; NATURAL CAPITAL; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; PER UNIT; PLANNING AND MONITORING; POTENTIAL CHANGE; RETENTION RATE; SCENARIO; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SOIL RETENTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRADEOFFS; WATER YIELD;

COMMERCE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; SOILS; VISUALIZATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

WATER;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; MODELING; SERVICE PROVISION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRADE-OFF; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METHODOLOGY; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

COMMERCE; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; SOIL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84863233043     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60790-0     Document Type: Article

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