Assessing the Impact of Urban Sprawl on Net Primary Productivity of Terrestrial Ecosystems Using a Process-Based Model—A Case Study in Nanjing, China

Urban sprawl/urbanization has large impacts on the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems. Net primary production (NPP) is an important indicator for estimating the earth's ability to support life and aids the evaluation of sustainable development of the terrestrial ecosystem. In this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yanlian Zhou, Bailing Xing, Weimin Ju
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2015-01-01
Series:IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7161474/