Mapping socio-economic scenarios of land cover change: A GIS method to enable ecosystem service modelling

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 563-574

  Swetnam, R D ^a   Fisher, B ^b,c   Mbilinyi, B P ^d   Munishi, P K T ^d   Willcock, S ^e   Ricketts, T ^f   Mwakalila, S ^g   Balmford, A ^a   Burgess, N D ^a,f   Marshall, A R ^h,i   Lewis, S L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Flamingo Land Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Ecosystem services; GIS; Scenarios; Spatial modelling; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

CARBON STOCKS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES MODELLING; LAND COVER; LAND-COVER CHANGE; SCENARIO; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SPATIAL MODELLING; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; TANZANIA;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; GIS; LAND COVER; MAPPING METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CARBON STORAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; TANZANIA;

EID: 78650523679     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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