Identifying ecological red lines: A case study of the coast in Liaoning Province

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 9461-9477

  Wang, Chuansheng ^a   Sun, Guiyan ^a,b   Dang, Lijuan ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Ecological red line; Evaluation; Liaoning Province

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES INVENTORY; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; LIAONING;

EID: 84941703196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7079461     Document Type: Article

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