Socioeconomic drivers of forest loss and fragmentation: A comparison between different land use planning schemes and policy implications

Land Use Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 58-68

  Liu, Yaolin ^a   Feng, Yuhao ^a   Zhao, Zhe ^a   Zhang, Qianwen ^a   Su, Shiliang ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Lab of Mapping from Space National Administration of Surveying Mapping and Geoinformation   (China)

Author keywords

China; Deforestation; Drivers; Forest fragmentation; Forest policy; Land use and cover change; Land use planning; Socioeconomic development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY POLICY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

CHINA; NINGBO; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84957875983     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.01.016     Document Type: Article

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