Analysis of agricultural land use change in the middle reach of the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2698-2712

  Fu, Li ^a,b   Zhang, Lanhui ^c   He, Chansheng ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Discharge; Heihe River Basin; Land use and land cover change (LULCC)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DISCHARGE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRRIGATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER USE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUID INTAKE; FOREST; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; MAIZE; RANGELAND; RICE; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY; WHEAT; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; RIVERS;

EID: 84897910314     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110302698     Document Type: Article

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