A multilevel analysis of effects of land use policy on land-cover change and local land use decisions

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-28

  Zhang, Jing ^a,b   Niu, Jianming ^a   Buyantuev, Alexander ^c   Wu, Jianguo ^a,d  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN NATIONALITIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desertification; Household; Multi scale drivers; Multilevel statistical model; Policy change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899890100     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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