Will the world run out of land? A Kaya-type decomposition to study past trends of cropland expansion

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Huber, Veronika ^a   Neher, Ina ^a   Bodirsky, Benjamin L ^a   Höfner, Kathrin ^b   Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim ^a,c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

crop yields; cropland expansion; dietary standards; food production; food trade; landuse change; population growth

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LAND USE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP YIELD; DECOMPOSITION METHODS; FOOD PRODUCTION; HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH; LAND-USE CHANGE; POPULATION GROWTH; RESEARCH PRIORITIES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP YIELD; DATABASE; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PRODUCTION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; TORREYA NUCIFERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84896892972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/2/024011     Document Type: Article

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