Global Environmental Change and Land Use

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Land Use and Global Environmental Change

      • A. J. Dolman, A. Verhagen

      Pages 3-13

3. Land-Use and Land-Cover Change: General Concepts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Methodology for Multi-Scale Land-Use Change Modelling: Concepts and Challenges

      • P. H. Verburg, W. T. de Groot, A. J. Veldkamp

      Pages 17-51

   3. Global Warming and the Economics of Land-Use and of Land-Cover Change

      • R. A. Groeneveld, G. Kruseman, E. C. van Ierland

      Pages 53-69

4. The Relation between Climate and Land Use

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. Land Cover and the Climate System

      • R. W. A. Hutjes, P. Kabat, A. J. Dolman

      Pages 73-110

   3. Land Use and Terrestrial Carbon Sinks

      • A. J. Dolman, G. J. Nabuurs, P. K. Kuikman, R. W. A. Hutjes, J. Huygen, A. Verhagen et al.

      Pages 111-136

5. Impact, Adaptation and Mitigation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. Land-Use Change, Climate and Hydrology

      • E. J. Moors, A. J. Dolman

      Pages 139-165

   3. Climate Change and Food Security in the Drylands of West Africa

      • A. Verhagen, A. J. Dietz, R. Ruben, H. van Dijk, A. de Jong, F. Zaal et al.

      Pages 167-185

   4. Land-Use Changes Induced by Increased Use of Renewable Energy Sources

      • S. Nonhebel

      Pages 187-202

6. Back Matter

   Pages 203-210

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The interaction between environmental change and human activities is com­ plex, requiring the concepts and tools of a number of disciplines for its effective analysis. Land-use and land-cover change has only recently become a topic susceptible to scientific research, as these concepts and tools have been devel­ oped and made available. Rooted in a broad community concemed with global change, systematic research has begun into land-use systems at different scales and interactions, and their links with global cyc1es of water, nitrogen and carbon are being explored. Partly based on research initiated by the Dutch National Research Programme on Global Air PolIution and Climate Change (NRP), this book touches upon various land-use and land-cover issues in relation to global environmental change. In addition to the biogeochemical cyc1es, land as a car­ rier for functions of economic activities, food and fibre production and energy production via biomass are discussed. Crucial in studying land use is human behaviour and man-environment interaction at different scales. Land-use and land-cover change is an important contrlbutor of greenhouse­ gasses as these activities directly interfere with the carbon, nitrogen and water cyc1es. These cyc1es are connected through numerous feedback loops. The interface of land-use and c1imate is essentially determined by the interaction of man and the environment. Man uses land primarily to produce food; a relatively small area is needed for urban development.

• Global warming
• Plantation
• Scale
• adaptation
• carbon sink
• climate change
• environmental change

• Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  A. J. Dolman

• Plant Research International, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands

  A. Verhagen

• National Research Programme on Global Air Pollution and Climate Change, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

  C. A. Rovers

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