Effects of "Grain for Green" reforestation program on rural sustainability in China: An AHP approach to peasant consensus of public land use policies

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 867-880

  Xu, Wei ^a,b   Khoshroo, Nader ^b   Bjornlund, Henning ^b,c   Yin, Yongyuan ^d,e  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); China; Land use change; Rural sustainability; Tree plantation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESEARCH; TOOLS; VEGETATION;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); CHINA; LAND-USE CHANGE; RURAL SUSTAINABILITY; TREE PLANTATIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; REFORESTATION; RURAL AREA; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TREE;

CHINA; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

CASTANEA MOLLISSIMA; GINKGO (GENUS);

EID: 84898547946     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-012-0592-y     Document Type: Article

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