Spatiotemporal Pattern and Driving Forces of Arable Land-Use Intensity in China: Toward Sustainable Land Management Using Emergy Analysis

Spatiotemporal Pattern and Driving Forces of Arable Land-Use Intensity in China: Toward Sustainable Land Management Using Emergy Analysis

The level of arable land-use intensity has important impacts on food security and rural sustainable development. Using the emergy method, we investigate the spatial disparities and driving forces of arable land-use intensity in China from 1999 to 2008 at the national, regional and provincial levels....

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Main Authors: Hualin Xie, Jinlang Zou, Hailing Jiang, Ning Zhang, Yongrok Choi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-05-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
arable land
land-use intensity
emergy
sustainable land management
food security
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/6/6/3504

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