Using embodied HANPP to analyze teleconnections in the global land system: Conceptual considerations

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-130

  Haberl, Helmut ^a   Erb, Karl Heinz ^a   Krausmann, Fridolin ^a   Berecz, Stefan ^a   Ludwiczek, Nikolaus ^a   Martínez Alier, Joan ^b   Musel, Annabella ^a   Schaffartzik, Anke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass flows; Embodied HANPP; Human appropriation of net primary production; Land system change.

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBALIZATION; LAND USE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 78449250273     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2009.10649602     Document Type: Article

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