TY - CHAP
T1 - Trade-offs in land-use decisions
T2 - Towards a framework for assessing multiple ecosystem responses to land-use change
AU - DeFries, Ruth S.
AU - Asner, Gregory P.
AU - Houghton, Richard
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to the authors of the chapters in this volume for their thoughtful insights and expertise, all the participants at the AGU Chapman Conference on Ecosystem Interactions with Land Use Change in June 2003 for stimulating presentations and discussions, the American Geophysical Union for organizing the Chapman Conference and publishing this monograph, the NASA Land Cover and Land Use Change Program for providing funds for the conference, and Linda Longoria and Rhonda Davis for editorial assistance.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2004 by the American Geophysical Union.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - People alter the landscape primarily to appropriate ecosystem goods such as food, fiber, and timber for human consumption. Unintended consequences for ecosystems vary according to the type of land-use change, e.g., forest clearing for agriculture, grassland conversion for grazing, or urban expansion, as well as the underlying ecological characteristics, e.g., humid vs. dry, phosphorus vs. nitrogen-limited, or tropical vs. temperate. The ecosystem responses potentially alter future abilities to provide ecosystem goods and influence future land-use decisions. This volume addresses five major ecosystem responses to land-use change: hydrological, climatic, biogeochemical, human health, and biological diversity. The chapters summarize current knowledge from the perspectives of different disciplines and present analyses from many parts of the world in different ecological and socioeconomic settings. This introductory chapter develops a framework for understanding and communicating the multiple ecosystem responses as an essential input to societal decisions about land use.
AB - People alter the landscape primarily to appropriate ecosystem goods such as food, fiber, and timber for human consumption. Unintended consequences for ecosystems vary according to the type of land-use change, e.g., forest clearing for agriculture, grassland conversion for grazing, or urban expansion, as well as the underlying ecological characteristics, e.g., humid vs. dry, phosphorus vs. nitrogen-limited, or tropical vs. temperate. The ecosystem responses potentially alter future abilities to provide ecosystem goods and influence future land-use decisions. This volume addresses five major ecosystem responses to land-use change: hydrological, climatic, biogeochemical, human health, and biological diversity. The chapters summarize current knowledge from the perspectives of different disciplines and present analyses from many parts of the world in different ecological and socioeconomic settings. This introductory chapter develops a framework for understanding and communicating the multiple ecosystem responses as an essential input to societal decisions about land use.
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U2 - 10.1029/153GM02
DO - 10.1029/153GM02
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85042186166
SN - 9780875904184
T3 - Geophysical Monograph Series
SP - 1
EP - 9
BT - Ecosystems and Land Use Change, 2004
A2 - Asner, Gregory P.
A2 - Houghton, Richard A.
A2 - Defries, Ruth S.
PB - Blackwell Publishing Ltd
ER -
