Mapping global land system archetypes

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1637-1647

  Václavík, Tomáš ^a,b   Lautenbach, Sven ^a,c   Kuemmerle, Tobias ^d,e   Seppelt, Ralf ^a,f  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global classification; Human environment interactions; Land change; Land use intensity; Self organizing map; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ALGORITHM; COMMODITY; DATA SET; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; MAPPING METHOD; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84889079002     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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