Agricultural practices and sustainable livelihoods: Rural transformation within the Loess Plateau, China

Applied Geography

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-23

  Tang, Qing ^a   Bennett, Sean J ^b   Xu, Yong ^a   Li, Yang ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; China; Rural transformation; Sustainable rural livelihoods; Yangou watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; INCOME; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHED;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84876727271     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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