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Recent development of land use in China

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China has long been an agricultural country. Cultivated land is mainly used for growing staple foods. Before liberation (1949), land was scarcely planted for cash corps. Factors exerting influence on land use are: The traditional Chinese way of intensive land use, and population pressure as well as economic situation. The structure of recent developments of land use exhibits: altidutinal agricultural land use, intercropping of crops and trees, twotier and multi-tier land use.

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  1. Academia Sinica, Commission for Integrated Survey on Natural Resources, Building 917, Da-tun Road, 100012, Beijing, PR China

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Li, X. Recent development of land use in China. GeoJournal 20, 353–357 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00174974

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