Global Environmental Change and Land Use
The interaction between environmental change and human activities is com plex, requiring the concepts and tools of a number of disciplines for its effective analysis. Land-use and land-cover change has only recently become a topic susceptible to scientific research, as these concepts and tools have...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2003, 2003
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2003 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I Introduction
- 1 Land use and global environmental change
- II Land-use and land-cover change: general concepts
- 2 Methodology for multi-scale land-use change modelling: concepts and challenges
- 3 Global warming and the economics of land-use and of land-cover change
- III The relation between climate and land use
- 4 Land cover and the climate system
- 5 Land use and terrestrial carbon sinks
- IV Impact, adaptation and mitigation
- 6 Land-use change, climate and hydrology
- 7 Climate change and food security in the drylands of West Africa
- 8 Land-use changes induced by increased use of renewable energy sources
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