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

By Eric F. Lambin

Book Overview

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. This book presents innovative developments and applications in the fields of modeling and scenario construction.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540322019
• ISBN13: 9783540322016
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 10.9"