Cost-Effective Targeting Soil and Water Conservation: A Case Study of Changting County in Southeast China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 387-394

  Wang, Chengchao ^a   Yang, Yusheng ^a   Zhang, Yaoqi ^b  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Conservation prioritization; Cost benefit analysis; Ecological benefit; Soil and water conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EROSION; FORESTRY; ORCHARDS; REFORESTATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CHINA; CONSERVATION METHODS; CONSERVATION PRIORITIZATION; ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AFFORESTATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; TARGETING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHANGTING; CHINA; FUJIAN;

EID: 84957802636     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2397     Document Type: Article

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