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Advances in Meteorology
Volume 2013, Article ID 248194, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/248194
Review Article

An Agent-Based Reasoning of Impacts of Regional Climate Changes on Land Use Changes in the Three-River Headwaters Region of China

Tao Zhang,1 Jinyan Zhan,1 Juan Huang,1 Rui Yu,2 and Chenchen Shi1

1State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
2Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Hubei, Wuhan 430062, China

Received 23 May 2013; Revised 27 July 2013; Accepted 6 August 2013

Academic Editor: Xiangzheng Deng

Copyright © 2013 Tao Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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