Assessing the changes in land use and ecosystem services in an oasis agricultural region of Yanqi Basin, Northwest China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 8343-8357

  Wang, Shuixian ^a   Wu, Bin ^b   Yang, Pengnian ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services value; Land use change; Oasis expansion; Remote sensing; Yanqi Basin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HIGH POPULATION DENSITY; LAND-USE CHANGE; VALUATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; YANQI BASIN;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE CHANGE; OASIS AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROPLAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUE COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND; AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR; YANQI BASIN;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84926649733     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4009-x     Document Type: Article

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