Urban expansion and agricultural land loss in China: A multiscale perspective

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Shi, Kaifang ^a,b   Chen, Yun ^b   Yu, Bailang ^a   Xu, Tingbao ^c   Li, Linyi ^d   Huang, Chang ^e   Liu, Rui ^a   Chen, Zuoqi ^a   Wu, Jianping ^a  

^a East China Normal University   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural land loss; China; Nighttime light data; Urban expansion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FOOD SECURITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LIGHT; MAPPING; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLICY APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84983775558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8080790     Document Type: Article

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