Assessing the impact of the sloping land conversion programme on rural sustainability in Guyuan, Western China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 385-396

  Konig H J ^a,c   Zhen, L ^b   Helming, K ^a   Uthes, S ^a   Yang, L ^b,d   Cao, X ^b   Wiggering, H ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d Beijing Tsinghua Urban Planning and Design Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Ex ante impact assessment; Grain for Green Project; Land conversion; Land use; Land use functions; Stakeholder participation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; SOILS;

AFFORESTATION; GRAIN FOR GREEN PROJECTS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LAND CONVERSION; LAND USE FUNCTIONS; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFFORESTATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL EROSION; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE-OFF;

CHINA; GUYUAN; NINGXIA HUIZU;

EID: 84885458024     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2164     Document Type: Article

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