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

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Rosenberg, Norman J. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Agriculture.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Climate change.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Climate Change.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.