Overview

This book highlights one of the most important aspects of global change - the interaction of land use and the climate system. In separate chapters the book treats modelling of land-use patterns, the effects on climate, the effect of land use on the global carbon cycle, hydrological aspects of land use, aspects of climate change on food availability in West Africa, and the spatial requirements of bioenergy plantations. The current collection of chapters provides a unique, integrated treatment of land use in the context of global change. Audience: This book should provide a stimulus for researchers and policy-makers alike to treat land use and land-use change in a multi-disciplinary manner.

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Author:   Han Haarman ,  A. Verhagen ,  C.A. Rovers
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789048163083

ISBN 10:   9048163080
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   01 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

I Introduction.- 1 Land use and global environmental change.- II Land-use and land-cover change: general concepts.- 2 Methodology for multi-scale land-use change modelling: concepts and challenges.- 3 Global warming and the economics of land-use and of land-cover change.- III The relation between climate and land use.- 4 Land cover and the climate system.- 5 Land use and terrestrial carbon sinks.- IV Impact, adaptation and mitigation.- 6 Land-use change, climate and hydrology.- 7 Climate change and food security in the drylands of West Africa.- 8 Land-use changes induced by increased use of renewable energy sources.- Contributing Authors.

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