The impact of urban expansion on agricultural land use intensity in China

Land Use Policy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-39

  Jiang, Li ^a   Deng, Xiangzheng ^b   Seto, Karen C ^c  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Efficiency; Land use change; Multi cropping index; Off farm opportunities; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INVESTMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84878787507     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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