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...

Table of Contents:

• Systematic modeling of land use impacts on surface climate
• Land use change dynamics model compatible with regional climate models
• Spatially explicit land-use and land-cover scenarios for China
• Projected impacts of cultivated land changes on surface climates in China
• Simulation of the plausible climate effects of ecological restoration programs in China
• Regionalized climate impacts of future urbanization in China
• International comparisons of the modeled climate effects of land use changes
• Concluding remarks on improved data, upgraded models and case studies.