Urban-rural transformation and farmland conversion in China: The application of the environmental Kuznets Curve

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 311-317

  Li, Yuheng ^a   Chen, Cong ^a   Wang, Yanfei ^a   Liu, Yansui ^b  

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

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Economic growth; Farmland conversion; Structural change; Urban rural transformation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

CHINA;

EID: 84920105224     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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