Co-evolution of soil and water conservation policy and human-environment linkages in the Yellow River Basin since 1949

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 508, Issue , 2015, Pages 166-177

  Wang, Fei ^a,b,d   Mu, Xingmin ^a,b   Li, Rui ^a,b   Fleskens, Luuk ^c,d   Stringer, Lindsay C ^c   Ritsema, Coen J ^d  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Co evolution; Driving force Pressure State Impact Response (DPSIR) framework; Environmental management; Erosion; Flood risk; Policy; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EROSION; FLOODS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREAS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; CO-EVOLUTION; FLOOD RISKS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IMPACT RESPONSE; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

COEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; POVERTY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN; RURAL POPULATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SOIL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84913588248     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.055     Document Type: Article

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