Impacts of Rapid Urbanization on Ecosystem Services along Urban-Rural Gradients: A Case Study of the Guangzhou-Foshan Metropolitan Area, South China

Ecoscience

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 235-247

  Ye, Yanqiong ^a,b,c   Zhang, Jia'En ^a,b,c   Bryan, Brett A ^d   Gao, Lei ^e   Qin, Zhong ^a,b,c   Chen, Lili ^c   Yang, Jiayue ^c  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Modern Eco agriculture and Circular Agriculture   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Guangzhou Foshan Metropolitan Area; land use; urban rural gradient; urbanization

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD PRODUCTION; LAND USE CHANGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SUBURBANIZATION; URBAN SPRAWL; URBANIZATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; FOSHAN; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 85047968243     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2018.1442086     Document Type: Article

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