Social-ecological transformations of Inner Mongolia: a sustainability perspective

Ecological Processes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Xu, GuangHua ^a   Wu, JianGuo ^b,c  

^a ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Ecological trap; Inner Mongolia; Modernization; Social ecological system; Sustainability transition

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MODERNIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ECOLOGICAL TRAP; INNER MONGOLIA; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CIVILIZATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MODERNIZATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 85022065405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13717-016-0067-z     Document Type: Article

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