Assessing and mapping human well-being for sustainable development amid flood hazards: Poyang Lake Region of China

Applied Geography

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-76

  Tian, Qing ^a   Brown, Daniel G ^b   Bao, Shuming ^b   Qi, Shuhua ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic hazards; GIS; Human well being; Less developed rural areas; Quantitative assessment; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOODING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; POLICY APPROACH; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; JIANGXI; POYANG LAKE;

EID: 84932629489     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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