Regional development boundary of China's Loess Plateau: Water limit and land shortage

Land Use Policy

Volumn 74, Issue , 2018, Pages 130-136

  Wang, Shuai ^a,b   Fu, Bojie ^a,b   Chen, Haibin ^c   Liu, Yu ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Land shortage; Loess plateau; Planetary boundary; Regional development boundary; Water limit

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LAND MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 85014856097     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.03.003     Document Type: Article

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