Urban Expansion Occurred at the Expense of Agricultural Lands in the Tarai Region of Nepal from 1989 to 2016

Recent rapid urbanization in developing countries presents challenges for sustainable environmental planning and peri-urban cropland management. An improved understanding of the timing and pattern of urbanization is needed to determine how to better plan urbanization for the near future. Here, we de...

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Main Authors: Bhagawat Rimal, Lifu Zhang, Nigel Stork, Sean Sloan, Sushila Rijal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/5/1341