An integrated approach to modelling land-use change on continental and global scales

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1041-1051

  Schaldach, Rüdiger ^a   Alcamo, Joseph ^a   Koch, Jennifer ^a   Kölking, Christina ^a   Lapola, David M ^a   Schüngel, Jan ^a   Priess, Jörg A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental and global scale land use change modelling; Human environment interaction; Land use systems; Model framework

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CELL SIZE; CONDUCTING COMPLEXES; CROP CULTIVATION; CROP YIELD; EARTH SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL SCALE; GRID MAP; HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INPUT-OUTPUT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KEY PARTS; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; LAND-USE CHANGE DYNAMICS; LAND-USE SYSTEMS; LEVEL MODEL; MODEL FRAMEWORK; MODULAR STRUCTURES; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; USE-MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; CULTIVATION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON CYCLE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TIME SERIES;

EID: 79954926034     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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