Ejin oasis land use and vegetation change between 2000 and 2011: The role of the ecological water diversion project

Energies

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 7040-7057

  Hu, Xiaoli ^a,b   Lu, Ling ^a   Li, Xin ^a,c   Wang, Jianhua ^a   Lu, Xuegang ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^d Heihe River Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Change detection; EWDP; Heihe River Basin; Land use change; SINDVI; Sustainable development; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FARMS; FLOOD CONTROL; LAKES; PLANNING; RECLAMATION; RESTORATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

CHANGE DETECTION; EWDP; HEIHE RIVER BASIN; LAND-USE CHANGE; SINDVI; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

LAND USE;

EID: 84939149942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en8077040     Document Type: Article

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