A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming /

The Great Plains of North America is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat spells, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. The great inter-annual variability in crop production and declining rural populations weaken an economy already...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rosenberg, Norman J. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Advances in Global Change Research, 27
Temas:
Sustainability.
Environment.
Renewable energy sources.
Human geography.
Agriculture.
Environmental engineering.
Biotechnology.
Bioremediation.
Environmental Sciences.
Renewable Energy.
Human Geography.
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Physical Environment
  • People and the Economy
  • Agriculture and Sustainability
  • The Wildcard of Climate Change
  • A Role for the Plains in Combating Climate Change
  • Outlook.

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