Land use optimization based on ecosystem service assessment: A case study in the Yanhe watershed

Land Use Policy

Volumn 72, Issue , 2018, Pages 303-312

  Wu, Xutong ^a   Wang, Shuai ^b   Fu, Bojie ^b,c   Liu, Yu ^d   Zhu, Yuan ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

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

Author keywords

Ecosystem service; Grain for Green Programme; Land use; Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 85040002732     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.01.003     Document Type: Article

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