Analysis of Farmland Abandonment at Parcel Level: A Case Study in the Mountainous Area of China

Analysis of Farmland Abandonment at Parcel Level: A Case Study in the Mountainous Area of China

Chongqing municipality, the main study area of this paper, is a mountainous city in Southwest China, where massive rural populations migrated to cities and towns in recent years. This study extracted abandoned farmland figure spots from farmland distribution maps of 2002 and 2011 on a 1:10,000 scale...

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Main Authors: Tiechou Shi, Xiubin Li, Liangjie Xin, Xiaohong Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
parcel level
farmland abandonment
influencing factors
abandonment rate
Chongqing mountainous area
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/10/988

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