A meta-analysis of global urban land expansion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Seto, Karen C ^a   Fragkias, Michail ^b   Güneralp, Burak ^a,d   Reilly, Michael K ^c,e  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Association of Bay Area Governments   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHINA; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INDIA; LAND USE; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; META ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INTERNATIONALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84865296592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023777     Document Type: Article

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