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Population, land use, and environment : research directions / Panel on New Research on Population and the Environment, Barbara Entwisle and Paul C. Stern, editors ; Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change Center for Economics, Governance, and International Studies Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Population--Environmental aspects.
- Population.
- Land use--Environmental aspects.
- Land use.
- Human ecology.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 321 p. : ill., maps (some col.).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions offers recommendationsfor future research to improve understanding of how changes in human populationsaffect the natural environment by means of changes in land use, such as deforestation,urban development, and development of coastal zones. It also features a setof state-of-the-art papers by leading researchers that analyze population-land useenvironmentrelationships in urban and rural settings in developed and underdevelopedcountries and that show how remote sensing and other observational methodsare being applied to these issues. This book will serve as a resource for researchers,research funders, and students.
- Contents:
- FrontMatter
- Preface
- Contents
- PART I
- PANEL REPORT
- Executive Summary
- 1 The State of Knowledge
- 2 Recommended Research Directions
- References
- PART II
- PAPERS
- 3 Global and Case-Based Modeling of Population and Land Use Change
- Günther Fischer and Brian C. O'Neill
- 4 Population and Environment in the U.S. Great Plains
- Myron P. Gutmann, William J. Parton, Geoff Cunfer, and Ingrid C. Burke
- 5 Population and Environment in Amazônia: Landscape and Household Dynamics
- Emilio F. Moran, Eduardo S. Brondízio, and Leah K. VanWey
- 6 Population Change and Landscape Dynamics: The Nang Rong, Thailand, Studies
- Stephen J. Walsh, Ronald R. Rindfuss, Pramote Prasartkul, Barbara Entwisle, and Aphichat Chamratrithirong
- 7 The Urban Ecology of Metropolitan Phoenix: A Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Study
- Charles L. Redman
- 8 Economies, Societies, and Landscapes in Transition: Examples from the Pearl River Delta, China, and the Red River Delta, Vietnam
- Karen C. Seto
- 9 Beyond Population Size: Examining Intricate Interactions Among Population Structure, Land Use, and Environment in Wolong Nature Reserve, China
- Jianguo Liu, Li An, Sandra S. Batie, Scott L. Bearer, Xiaodong Chen, Richard E. Groop, Guangming He, Zai Liang,
- 10 People, Land Use, and Environment in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico
- Pamela Matson, Amy L. Luers, Karen C. Seto, Rosamond L. Naylor, and Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio
- 11 Patterns of Urban Land Use as Assessed by Satellite Imagery: An Application to Cairo, Egypt
- John R. Weeks, Dennis P. Larson, and Debbie L. Fugate
- 12 A Review of 10 Years of Work on Economic Growth and Population Change in Rural India
- Andrew Foster
- Appendix About the Contributors
- PLATES.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-309-16493-1
- 1-280-74220-8
- 9786610742202
- 0-309-55030-0
- OCLC:
- 923276619
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