Simulating the impact of biofuel development on country-wide land-use change in India

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2401-2410

  Schaldach, Rüdiger ^a   Priess, Jörg A ^b   Alcamo, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioethanol production; India; Land use change; LandSHIFT model; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; INDIA; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSHIFT MODEL; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

BIOETHANOL; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUELS; LAND USE;

FORESTRY;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; ENERGY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; POPULATION GROWTH;

INDIA;

EID: 79956356912     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.08.048     Document Type: Article

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