Global Consequences of Land Use
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research · University of Wisconsin–Madison · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Land use has generally been considered a local environmental issue, but it is becoming a force of global importance. Worldwide changes to forests, farmlands, waterways, and air are being driven by the need to provide food, fiber, water, and shelter to more than six billion people. Global croplands, pastures, plantations, and urban areas have expanded in recent decades, accompanied by large increases in energy, water, and fertilizer consumption, along with considerable losses of biodiversity. Such changes in land use have enabled humans to appropriate an increasing share of the planet's resources, but they also potentially undermine the capacity of ecosystems to sustain food production, maintain freshwater and…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 106.91
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 53
Authors
19- JAJonathan A. FoleyCorresponding
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park
- RDRuth DeFries
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park
- GPGregory P. Asner
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park
- CBCarol Barford
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park
- GBGordon B. Bonan
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park
Topics & keywords
- Biodiversity
- Natural resource economics
- Business
- Ecosystem services
- Land use
- Biosphere
- Climate change
- Environmental resource management