ECONOMIC EVOLUTION IN CHINA ECOLOGICALLY FRAGILE REGIONS

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 552-576

  Deng, Xiangzheng ^a   Wang, Zhan ^a,b   Zhao, Chunhong ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Climate changes; Culture; Ecologically fragile region; Economic evolution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE;

CHINA;

EID: 84966648819     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joes.12160     Document Type: Review

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