Identifying drivers of land use change in China: A spatial multinomial logit model analysis

Land Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 632-654

  Li, Man ^a   Wu, JunJie ^b,c   Deng, Xiangzheng ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DATABASE; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMETRICS; GIS; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84886930067     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.89.4.632     Document Type: Article

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