Exploring the anthropogenic driving forces of China's provincial environmental impacts

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 442-450

  Wang, Mingquan ^a   Song, Yanyu ^a   Liu, Jingshuang ^a   Wang, Jinda ^a  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

anthropogenic drivers; China; ecological footprint; ridge regression; STIRPAT model

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84867011757     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2012.712924     Document Type: Article

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