Trading Natural Riparian Forests for Urban Shelterbelt Plantations—A Sustainability Assessment of the Kökyar Protection Forest in NW China
Cities at the fringe of the Taklimakan desert in NW China are prone to dust and sand storms with serious consequences for human well-being. The Kökyar Protection Forest was established in the 1980s as an ecological engineering project with the intent of protecting the city of Aksu, NW China, from th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Water |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/3/343 |