The Impacts on Illegal Farmland Conversion of Adopting Remote Sensing Technology for Land Inspection in China

The Impacts on Illegal Farmland Conversion of Adopting Remote Sensing Technology for Land Inspection in China

While China’s central government has adopted remote sensing technology in land inspection since 2000, little empirical research has been done on its effect. This study aims to measure the effect of satellite imagery-based land inspection (SIBI) on illegal farmland conversion. The data used in this s...

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Main Authors: Taiyang Zhong, Xianjin Huang, Lifang Ye, Steffanie Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-07-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
farmland preservation
illegal land use
deterrent effects
China
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/6/7/4426

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