Land system change and food security: Towards multi-scale land system solutions

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 494-502

  Verburg, Peter H ^a   Mertz, Ole ^b   Erb, Karl Heinz ^c   Haberl, Helmut ^c   Wu, Wenbin ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; LAND USE CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY; TENURE SYSTEM;

EID: 84884722780     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.07.003     Document Type: Review

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