Cultivated land use change in China, 1999-2007: Policy development perspectives

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1061-1078

  Song, Xiaoqing ^a,b   Ouyang, Zhu ^a   Li, Yunsheng ^a   Li, Fadong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

change; China; cultivated land; panel data; policy; protection; use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869791254     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-012-0983-5     Document Type: Article

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