Comprehensive evaluation and indicator system of land desertification in the Heihe River Basin

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1573-1588

  Qi, Feng ^a,b,c   Wei, Liu ^a   Haiyang, Xi ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Gansu Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering Center   (China)

Author keywords

Comprehensive evaluation; Heihe River Basin; Indicator system; Land desertification

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND EVALUATION; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871932548     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0429-5     Document Type: Article

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