Spatiotemporal Changes in Rural Settlement Land and Rural Population in the Middle Basin of the Heihe River, China

Understanding the relationship between the spatiotemporal expansion of rural settlement land and the variation of rural population is the foundation of rational and specific planning for sustainable development. Based on the integration of Landsat TM, ETM+, and OLI images and demographic data, using...

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Main Authors: Manjiang Shi, Yaowen Xie, Qi Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-06-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/7/614