@article{dd65cd938a5748edb319cccee9873994,
title = "The causes of land-use and land-cover change: Moving beyond the myths",
abstract = "Common understanding of the causes of land-use and land-cover change is dominated by simplifications which, in turn, underlie many environment-development policies. This article tracks some of the major myths on driving forces of land-cover change and proposes alternative pathways of change that are better supported by case study evidence. Cases reviewed support the conclusion that neither population nor poverty alone constitute the sole and major underlying causes of land-cover change worldwide. Rather, peoples' responses to economic opportunities, as mediated by institutional factors, drive land-cover changes. Opportunities and constraints for new land uses are created by local as well as national markets and policies. Global forces become the main determinants of land-use change, as they amplify or attenuate local factors.",
author = "Lambin, {Eric F.} and Turner, {B. L.} and Geist, {Helmut J.} and Agbola, {Samuel B.} and Arild Angelsen and Bruce, {John W.} and Coomes, {Oliver T.} and Rodolfo Dirzo and G{\"u}nther Fischer and Carl Folke and George, {P. S.} and Katherine Homewood and Jacques Imbernon and Rik Leemans and Xiubin Li and Moran, {Emilio F.} and Michael Mortimore and Ramakrishnan, {P. S.} and Richards, {John F.} and Helle Sk{\aa}nes and Will Steffen and Stone, {Glenn D.} and Uno Svedin and Veldkamp, {Tom A.} and Coleen Vogel and Jianchu Xu",
note = "Funding Information: The workshop was held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, March 13–15, 2000. It was organized by the Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LUCC) Programme, a joint core project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP) on Global Environmental Change. The workshop was sponsored by IGBP, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm University, and the Swedish Agricultural University. It was funded by the Millenium Committee of Sweden and the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research. Support was also provided by the Services of the Prime Minister of Belgium, Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs.",
year = "2001",
doi = "10.1016/S0959-3780(01)00007-3",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "11",
pages = "261--269",
journal = "Global Environmental Change",
issn = "0959-3780",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "4",
}