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

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Lambin, Eric F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Geist, Helmut (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Σειρά: Global Change - The IGBP Series,
• Θέματα: Environment.; Economic geology.; Geobiology.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Climate change.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Human geography.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Climate Change.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Economic Geology.; Human Geography.; Biogeosciences.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XVIII, 222 p. 44 illus., 19 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540322023
• ISSN: 1619-2435

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.