Land Use Impacts on Climate

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Deng, Xiangzheng (Editor), Güneralp, Burak (Editor), Zhan, Jinyan (Editor), Su, Hongbo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Geography,
• Subjects: Geography.; Meteorology.; Climate change.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

This book introduces a key issue in research on the climatic impact of land cover and land use changes via terrestrial biogeophysical processes. The parameterization of surface processes and a systematic approach to modeling the climatic impacts of land use change are discussed respectively, and can...