Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions - Softcover

National Research Council; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Center For Economics, Governance, And International Studies; Committee On The Human Dimensions Of Global Change; Panel On New Research On Population And The Environment

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309096553 ISBN 13: 9780309096553

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2005

Synopsis

Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions offers recommendations for future research to improve understanding of how changes in human populations affect the natural environment by means of changes in land use, such as deforestation, urban development, and development of coastal zones. It also features a set of state-of-the-art papers by leading researchers that analyze population-land useenvironment relationships in urban and rural settings in developed and underdeveloped countries and that show how remote sensing and other observational methods are being applied to these issues. This book will serve as a resource for researchers, research funders, and students.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• PART I--PANEL REPORT: Executive Summary
• 1 The State of Knowledge
• 2 Recommended Research Directions
• References
• PART II--PAPERS: 3 Global and Case-Based Modeling of Population and Land Use Change--Günther Fischer and Brian C. O'Neill
• 4 Population and Environment in the U.S. Great Plains--Myron P. Gutmann, William J. Parton, Geoff Cunfer, and Ingrid C. Burke
• 5 Population and Environment in Amazônia: Landscape and Household Dynamics--Emilio F. Moran, Eduardo S. Brondízio, and Leah K. VanWey
• 6 Population Change and Landscape Dynamics: The Nang Rong, Thailand, Studies--Stephen J. Walsh, Ronald R. Rindfuss, Pramote Prasartkul, Barbara Entwisle, and Aphichat Chamratrithirong
• 7 The Urban Ecology of Metropolitan Phoenix: A Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Study--Charles L. Redman
• 8 Economies, Societies, and Landscapes in Transition: Examples from the Pearl River Delta, China, and the Red River Delta, Vietnam--Karen C. Seto
• 9 Beyond Population Size: Examining Intricate Interactions Among Population Structure, Land Use, and Environment in Wolong Nature Reserve, China--Jianguo Liu, Li An, Sandra S. Batie, Scott L. Bearer, Xiaodong Chen, Richard E. Groop, Guangming He, Zai Liang,
• 10 People, Land Use, and Environment in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico--Pamela Matson, Amy L. Luers, Karen C. Seto, Rosamond L. Naylor, and Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio
• 11 Patterns of Urban Land Use as Assessed by Satellite Imagery: An Application to Cairo, Egypt--John R. Weeks, Dennis P. Larson, and Debbie L. Fugate
• 12 A Review of 10 Years of Work on Economic Growth and Population Change in Rural India--Andrew Foster
• Appendix About the Contributors
• Plates

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About the Author

Barbara Entwisle and Paul C. Stern, Editors, National Research Council

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0309096553
• ISBN 13: 9780309096553
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Stern Paul C., Entwisle Barbara