Ebook: Agriculture and climate beyond 2015: A New Perspective on Future Land Use Patterns
- Tags: Environmental Monitoring/Analysis, Agricultural Economics, Agriculture, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
- Series: Environment & policy 46
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Interactions between agriculture, climate and patterns of land use are complex. Major changes in agriculture, and land use patterns are foreseen in the next couple of decades in response to shifts in climate, greenhouse gas management initiatives, population growth and other forces. The book explores key interactions between changes in agriculture, patterns of land use and efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions from agriculture. The volume is based on inter-disciplinary science and policy interactions, exploring the way land use may aid in addressing or be affected by the onset of climate change and alterations in food demand. Future forces shaping land use decisions are examined, and its sensitivity to climate change is highlighted. Patterns of land use and the agricultural role in climate change mitigation are explored. Also, policy and social responses to the new perspectives on future land use patterns are identified. The perspective of the book is beyond the year 2015.
Interactions between agriculture, climate and patterns of land use are complex. Major changes in agriculture, and land use patterns are foreseen in the next couple of decades in response to shifts in climate, greenhouse gas management initiatives, population growth and other forces. The book explores key interactions between changes in agriculture, patterns of land use and efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions from agriculture. The volume is based on inter-disciplinary science and policy interactions, exploring the way land use may aid in addressing or be affected by the onset of climate change and alterations in food demand. Future forces shaping land use decisions are examined, and its sensitivity to climate change is highlighted. Patterns of land use and the agricultural role in climate change mitigation are explored. Also, policy and social responses to the new perspectives on future land use patterns are identified. The perspective of the book is beyond the year 2015.
Interactions between agriculture, climate and patterns of land use are complex. Major changes in agriculture, and land use patterns are foreseen in the next couple of decades in response to shifts in climate, greenhouse gas management initiatives, population growth and other forces. The book explores key interactions between changes in agriculture, patterns of land use and efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions from agriculture. The volume is based on inter-disciplinary science and policy interactions, exploring the way land use may aid in addressing or be affected by the onset of climate change and alterations in food demand. Future forces shaping land use decisions are examined, and its sensitivity to climate change is highlighted. Patterns of land use and the agricultural role in climate change mitigation are explored. Also, policy and social responses to the new perspectives on future land use patterns are identified. The perspective of the book is beyond the year 2015.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Agriculture, climate and future land use patterns: potential for a simulation-based exploration....Pages 5-32
Technology development and climate change as drivers of future agricultural land use....Pages 33-51
Agricultural transitions at dryland and tropical forest margins: actors, scales and trade-offs....Pages 53-73
World livestock and crop production systems, land use and environment between 1970 and 2030....Pages 75-89
Agricultural change and limits to deforestation in Central America....Pages 91-107
Rising food demand, climate change and the use of land and water....Pages 109-129
Population and economic growth as drivers of future land use in India....Pages 131-146
Bottom-up methodologies for assessing technical and economic bioenergy production potential....Pages 147-170
Changes in consumption patterns: options and impacts of a transition in protein foods....Pages 171-189
Participatory approaches for a transition in agriculture: the case of the Netherlands....Pages 191-210
Options and trade-offs: reducing greenhouse gas emissions from food production systems....Pages 211-230
U.S. agriculture and forestry greenhouse gas emission mitigation over time....Pages 231-247
Biosphere greenhouse gas management: transformative change in Canadian northern Great Plains agriculture....Pages 249-263
Policy efforts to achieve sustainable agriculture: an OECD perspective....Pages 265-277
Institutional and organizational change: biosphere greenhouse gas management in Canadian northern Great Plains agriculture....Pages 279-289
Performance standards and the farmer: design and application in greenhouse gas mitigation....Pages 291-304
Back Matter....Pages 305-310
Interactions between agriculture, climate and patterns of land use are complex. Major changes in agriculture, and land use patterns are foreseen in the next couple of decades in response to shifts in climate, greenhouse gas management initiatives, population growth and other forces. The book explores key interactions between changes in agriculture, patterns of land use and efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions from agriculture. The volume is based on inter-disciplinary science and policy interactions, exploring the way land use may aid in addressing or be affected by the onset of climate change and alterations in food demand. Future forces shaping land use decisions are examined, and its sensitivity to climate change is highlighted. Patterns of land use and the agricultural role in climate change mitigation are explored. Also, policy and social responses to the new perspectives on future land use patterns are identified. The perspective of the book is beyond the year 2015.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Agriculture, climate and future land use patterns: potential for a simulation-based exploration....Pages 5-32
Technology development and climate change as drivers of future agricultural land use....Pages 33-51
Agricultural transitions at dryland and tropical forest margins: actors, scales and trade-offs....Pages 53-73
World livestock and crop production systems, land use and environment between 1970 and 2030....Pages 75-89
Agricultural change and limits to deforestation in Central America....Pages 91-107
Rising food demand, climate change and the use of land and water....Pages 109-129
Population and economic growth as drivers of future land use in India....Pages 131-146
Bottom-up methodologies for assessing technical and economic bioenergy production potential....Pages 147-170
Changes in consumption patterns: options and impacts of a transition in protein foods....Pages 171-189
Participatory approaches for a transition in agriculture: the case of the Netherlands....Pages 191-210
Options and trade-offs: reducing greenhouse gas emissions from food production systems....Pages 211-230
U.S. agriculture and forestry greenhouse gas emission mitigation over time....Pages 231-247
Biosphere greenhouse gas management: transformative change in Canadian northern Great Plains agriculture....Pages 249-263
Policy efforts to achieve sustainable agriculture: an OECD perspective....Pages 265-277
Institutional and organizational change: biosphere greenhouse gas management in Canadian northern Great Plains agriculture....Pages 279-289
Performance standards and the farmer: design and application in greenhouse gas mitigation....Pages 291-304
Back Matter....Pages 305-310
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