Spatial correlations between urbanization and river water pollution in the heavily polluted area of Taihu Lake Basin, China

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 735-752

  Zhao, Haixia ^a   Duan, Xuejun ^a   Stewart, Becky ^b   You, Bensheng ^a   Jiang, Xiaowei ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b White Clay Editorial   (United States)

^c ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

heavily polluted area; river water pollution; spatial correlation; urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879365163     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-013-1041-7     Document Type: Article

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