Ecosystem health assessment at county-scale using the pressure-state-response framework on the loess plateau, China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Liu, Delin ^a   Hao, Shilong ^b,c  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF WATER RESOURCES AND ELECTRIC POWER   (China)

^c YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Comprehensive indicators; Ecosystem health; GIS; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LOESS; RESIDENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; NINGXIA HUIZU; YUANZHOU;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 85007390670     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14010002     Document Type: Article

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