Land use change : science, policy and management / edited by Richard J. Aspinall, Michael J. Hill.

Other author Aspinall, Richard J.
Other author Hill, Michael J. (Michael James), 1937-
Format Book
Publication InfoBoca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxxvii, 185 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Subjects
Land use--Environmental aspects.
Land use--Management.
Land use--Case studies.

Contents Theory and methodology -- Basic and applied land use science / Richard J. Aspinall -- Developing spatially dependent procedures and models for multicriteria decision analysis: place, time, and decision making related to land use change / Michael J. Hill -- Comparative regional case studies -- Spatial methodologies for integrating social and biophysical data at a regional or catchment scale / Ian Byron and Robert Lesslie -- An integrated socioeconomic study of deforestation in Western Uganda, 1990-2000 / Ronnie Babigumira, Daniel Müller and Arild Angelsen -- Modeling unplanned land cover change across scales: a Colombian case study / Andres Etter and Clive McAlpine -- Landscape dynamism: disentangling thematic versus structural change in Northeast Thailand / Kelley A. Crews -- Developing a thick understanding of forest fragmentation in landscapes of colonization in the Amazon Basin / Andrew C. Millington and Andrew V. Bradley -- Urban land-use change, models, uncertainty, and policymaking in rapidly growing developing world cities: evidence from China / Michail Fragkias and Karen C. Seto -- Synthesis and prospect -- Synthesis, comparative analysis, and prospect / Michael J. Hill and Richard J. Aspinall.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007027752
ISBN9781420042962 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1420042963 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HD 108.3 .L362 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold