Progress and prospect on farmland abandonment

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 370-389

  Li, Shengfa ^a,b   Li, Xiubin ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Farmland abandonment; Farmland marginalization; LUCC; Research progress and prospect

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREAS;

AGRICULTURAL LABORS; FARMLAND ABANDONMENT; LUCC; MARGINALIZATION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; RAPID URBANIZATIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR;

FARMS;

EID: 84961916294     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11821/dlxb201603002     Document Type: Article

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