Land use structure optimization based on carbon storage in several regional terrestrial ecosystems across China

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-61

  Chuai, Xiaowei ^a   Huang, Xianjin ^a,b   Lai, Li ^a,c   Wang, Wanjing ^d   Peng, Jiawen ^a   Zhao, Rongqin ^a,e  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Land Development and Consolidation Technology Engineering Center of Jiangsu Province   (China)

^c Jiangsu Information Center   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NORTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER CONSERVANCY AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon density; Carbon storage; Land use; Structure optimization; Terrestrial ecosystem; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CARBON STORAGE; CHINA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; GLACIER; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWAMP; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84868464049     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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