How can land-use modelling tools inform bioenergy policies?

Interface Focus

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-223

  Davis, Sarah C ^a   House, Joanna I ^b   Diaz Chavez, Rocio A ^c   Molnar, Andras ^d   Valin, Hugo ^e,f   DeLucia, Evan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Agrargazdasagi Kutatointezet   (Hungary)

^e International Institute on Applied Systems Analysis   (Austria)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Ecosystem services; Environmental economics; Feedstocks; Greenhouse gas; Indirect land use change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858657089     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2010.0023     Document Type: Review

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