Simulating the effects of urbanization, afforestation and cropland abandonment on a regional carbon balance: A case study for Central Germany

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 137-148

  Schaldach, Ruediger ^a   Alcamo, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Land use modeling; Land use change; Regional carbon sequestration; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547796798     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-007-0034-4     Document Type: Article

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