Land-Use and Land-Cover Change Local Processes and Global Impacts /

The book presents recent estimates of the rates in changes of major land classes such as forest, cropland and pasture. Among the causative mechanisms behind land change, synergetic factor combinations are found to be more common than single key factor explanations. Aggregated globally, multiple impa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Lambin, Eric F. (Editor ), Geist, Helmut J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Global Change - The IGBP Series
Temas:
Physical geography.
Environment.
Human geography.
Geology.
Biogeography.
Earth System Sciences.
Environmental Sciences.
Human Geography.
Biogeosciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
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Sumario:The book presents recent estimates of the rates in changes of major land classes such as forest, cropland and pasture. Among the causative mechanisms behind land change, synergetic factor combinations are found to be more common than single key factor explanations. Aggregated globally, multiple impacts of local land changes are shown to significantly affect central aspects of Earth System functioning. Innovative developments and applications in the fields of modeling and scenario construction are presented. Finally, conclusions are drawn about the most pressing implications for the design of appropriate intervention policies, and on new directions and frontiers of research.
Descripción Física:XVIII, 222 p. 44 illus., 19 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783540322023

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