The emergence of land change science for global environmental change and sustainability

B. L. Turner, Eric F. Lambin, Anette Reenberg

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Abstract

Land change science has emerged as a fundamental component of global environmental change and sustainability research. This interdisciplinary field seeks to understand the dynamics of land cover and land use as a coupled human-environment system to address theory, concepts, models, and applications relevant to environmental and societal problems, including the intersection of the two. The major components and advances in land change are addressed: observation and monitoring; understanding the coupled system - causes, impacts, and consequences; modeling; and synthesis issues. The six articles of the special feature are introduced and situated within these components of study.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)20666-20671
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume104
Issue number52
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 26 2007
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

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