The role of human activity in decreasing ecologically sound land use in China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 446-460

  Wang, Jing ^a   Lin, Yifan ^b   Zhai, Tianlin ^a   He, Ting ^c   Qi, Yuan ^d   Jin, Zhifeng ^a   Cai, Yumei ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

ecologically sound land use change; ecosystem service; human activity; land ecosystem degradation; land policy

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PUBLIC POLICY;

ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND POLICIES; LAND-USE CHANGE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 85040789653     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2874     Document Type: Article

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