Political risks arising from the impacts of large-scale afforestation on water resources of the Tibetan Plateau

Gondwana Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 898-903

  Cao, Shixiong ^a,b   Zhang, Junze ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Conflict; Political ecology; Sustainable development; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PLATEAU; POLICY ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84936985304     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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