Responses to climate change and farming policies by rural communities in northern China: A report on field observation and farmers' perception in dryland north Shaanxi and Ningxia

Land Use Policy

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-133

  Sjogersten S ^a   Atkin, C ^b   Clarke, M L ^a   Mooney, S J ^a   Wu, B ^a   West, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Ecosystem restoration; Farming; Grain for Green programme; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FARMING SYSTEM; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RURAL ECONOMY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU; SHAANXI;

EID: 84870550765     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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