Changes in land use and land cover : a global perspective / edited by William B. Meyer and B.L. Turner II.

Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Descriptionxi, 537 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Subjects
Human ecology--Congresses.
Land use--Environmental aspects. --Congresses.
Land use--Mathematical models. --Congresses.
Land use--Research. --Congresses.

Other author/creatorMeyer, William B.
Other author/creatorTurner, B. L. (Billie Lee), 1945-
Other author/creatorUniversity Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Office for Interdisciplinary Earth Studies.
Other author/creatorOIES Global Change Institute 1991 : Snowmass Village, Colo.) (4th :
Contents Global land-use and land-cover change: an overview -- Working group reports: A wiring diagram for the study of land-use/cover change: report of working group A -- Toward a typology and regionalization of land-cover and land-use change: report of working group B -- Land-use and land-cover projections: report of working group C -- Changes in land use and land cover: Forests and tree cover -- Grasslands -- Human settlements -- Environmental consequences -- Atmospheric chemistry and air quality -- Soils -- Hydrology and water quality -- Human driving forces: Population and income -- Technology -- Political-economic institutions -- culture and cultural change -- Issues in data and modeling: Modeling land-atmosphere interactions: a short review -- Modeling global change in an integrated framework: a view from the social sciences -- Data on Global land-cover change: acquisition, assessment, and analysis.
General note"Papers arising from the 1991 OIES Global Change Institute"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 94001257
ISBN0521470854 (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks GF3 .C45 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold