Land Change Science in the Tropics Changing Agricultural Landscapes /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jepson, Wendy (Editor), Millington, Andrew (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Environment.; Geographical information systems.; Agriculture.; Landscape ecology.; Environmental management.; Human geography.; Environmental Management.; Human Geography.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Landscape Ecology.

Land use and land-cover change research over the past decade has focused mainly on contemporary primary land-cover conversions in the tropics and sub-tropics, with considerable resources dedicated to the explanation and prediction of tropical deforestation and often ignoring the dynamism in the worl...