Ecosystem health assessment: A comprehensive and detailed analysis of the case study in coastal metropolitan region, eastern China

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 98, Issue , 2019, Pages 363-376

  Xiao, Rui ^a   Liu, Yue ^a   Fei, Xufeng ^b,c   Yu, Weixuan ^a   Zhang, Zhonghao ^d   Meng, Qingxiang ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^d SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health assessment; Metropolitan region; Shanghai Hangzhou Bay; Vigor Organization Resilience model

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; HEALTH; LAND USE; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; DIFFUSION PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; HANGZHOU BAY; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; RESILIENCE MODEL;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH STATUS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; REGIONAL PLANNING; SURVIVAL;

CHINA; HANGZHOU BAY; JIAXING; SHANGHAI; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 85056536851     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.11.010     Document Type: Article

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