US agricultural policy, land use change, and biofuels: Are we driving our way to the next dust bowl?

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Wright, Christopher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; biofuels; environmental policy; land use change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; DATA LAYER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAND-COVER/LAND-USE CHANGE; LAND-USE CHANGE;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BIOFUEL; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930226457     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/5/051001     Document Type: Short Survey

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