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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lambin, Eric F. (Editor), Geist, Helmut (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Global Change - The IGBP Series,
• Subjects: 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.
• Physical Description: 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.