Globalization of land use: Distant drivers of land change and geographic displacement of land use

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 438-444

  Meyfroidt, Patrick ^a,b   Lambin, Eric F ^a,c   Erb, Karl Heinz ^d   Hertel, Thomas W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FRS FNRS ^*  (Belgium)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84884718775     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.04.003     Document Type: Review

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