Economic benefit and ecological cost of enlarging tea cultivation in subtropical China: Characterizing the trade-off for policy implications

Land Use Policy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2017, Pages 183-195

  Su, Shiliang ^a   Wan, Chen ^a   Li, Jing ^b   Jin, Xianfeng ^b   Pi, Jianhua ^a   Zhang, Qianwen ^a   Weng, Min ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Geomatics Center   (China)

Author keywords

Cash crop; Ecosystem services; Land use change; Regulating services; Soil erosion; Tea expansion; Trade off analysis

Indexed keywords

CASH CROPPING; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANTATION; SOIL EROSION; TEA; TRADE-OFF;

ANJI; CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 85019065071     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.04.044     Document Type: Article

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