Titre :	Ecosystems and land use change
Type de document :	livre
Auteurs :	DeFries, R.S.(Ed.), Éditeur scientifique ; Asner, G.P.(Ed.), Éditeur scientifique ; Houghton, R.A.(Ed.), Éditeur scientifique
Editeur :	Washington, D.C. : American Geophysical Union
Année de publication :	2004
Collection :	Geophysical monograph, 153
Importance :	344 p.
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-87590-418-4
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Case studies  Decision making  Environmental degradation  Land use
Résumé :	[Extrait éditeur] : Land use is at the center of one of the most vexing challenges for the coming decades: to provide enough food, fiber and shelter for the world's population; raise the standard of living for the billion people currently below the poverty line; and sustain the world's ecosystems for use by humans and other species (--from the Preface). What are the intended and unintended consequences of land use change, from cropland expansion to urban growth, and more? How does an integrated understanding of the land and our use of it advance the science we need to lead the lives we want without endangering ecosystems? Ecosystems and Land Use Change responds to such questions by focusing on three areas of concern: • Multiple ecosystem responses to land use change, including: hydrologic, climatic and biogeochemical, with human health and species diversity responses • Observing, forecasting, and hindcasting land use change • Regional studies of ecosystem interactions with land use change As a starting point for future research and syntheses, this book will be of interest to hydrologists, ecologists, atmospheric scientists, geographers, land use planners, conservation biologists, and public health professionals concerned with our place on, and our use of, Earth
En ligne :	https://doi.org/10.1029/GM153

Ecosystems and land use change [livre] / DeFries, R.S.(Ed.), Éditeur scientifique ; Asner, G.P.(Ed.), Éditeur scientifique ; Houghton, R.A.(Ed.), Éditeur scientifique . - Washington, D.C. : American Geophysical Union, 2004 . - 344 p.. - (Geophysical monograph, 153) .
ISBN : 978-0-87590-418-4
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Mots-clés :	Case studies  Decision making  Environmental degradation  Land use
Résumé :	[Extrait éditeur] : Land use is at the center of one of the most vexing challenges for the coming decades: to provide enough food, fiber and shelter for the world's population; raise the standard of living for the billion people currently below the poverty line; and sustain the world's ecosystems for use by humans and other species (--from the Preface). What are the intended and unintended consequences of land use change, from cropland expansion to urban growth, and more? How does an integrated understanding of the land and our use of it advance the science we need to lead the lives we want without endangering ecosystems? Ecosystems and Land Use Change responds to such questions by focusing on three areas of concern: • Multiple ecosystem responses to land use change, including: hydrologic, climatic and biogeochemical, with human health and species diversity responses • Observing, forecasting, and hindcasting land use change • Regional studies of ecosystem interactions with land use change As a starting point for future research and syntheses, this book will be of interest to hydrologists, ecologists, atmospheric scientists, geographers, land use planners, conservation biologists, and public health professionals concerned with our place on, and our use of, Earth
En ligne :	https://doi.org/10.1029/GM153