Land use and land cover change and driving mechanism in the arid inland river basin: A case study of Tarim River, Xinjiang, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 591-604

  Zhao, Ruifeng ^a   Chen, Yaning ^b   Shi, Peiji ^a   Zhang, Lihua ^c   Pan, Jinghu ^a   Zhao, Haili ^a  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Driving mechanism; Land resources management; Land use and land cover; Tarim River; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

ARID INLAND RIVER BASINS; DRIVING MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT; LAND RESOURCES; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; REMOTE SENSE IMAGES; TARIM RIVER;

LAND USE;

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GIS; GRASSLAND; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; POPULATION GROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84872024777     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1763-3     Document Type: Article

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