Determinants of cropland abandonment at the parcel, household and village levels in mountain areas of China: A multi-level analysis

Land Use Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 186-192

  Zhang, Ying ^a,b   Li, Xiubin ^a   Song, Wei ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Labor migration; Land abandonment; Mountain areas; Multi level analysis

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LABOR MIGRATION; LAND TENURE; LAND USE PLANNING; MOUNTAIN REGION; SOIL QUALITY; VILLAGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

CHINA; CHONGQING; WULONG;

EID: 84902344396     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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