The transition of farmland production functions in metropolitan areas in China

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4028-4041

  Tan, Minghong ^a  

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

Author keywords

Beijing; Farmland production function; Metropolitan area; Transition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84904294684     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6074028     Document Type: Article

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