Land Use Change in the Changing Environment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Land-use changes are discussed in relation to, not only climate change, but also political and socio-economic changes. Such interactions, between humans and environments, are receiving more attentions nowadays. Because of its complexity, land science involves broad communities. This Special Issue is seeking original, unpublished papers that describe recent advances and efforts in various land-use and land-cover change issues in relation to changing environments, not only from a GLP (Global Land Project) community but also from non-GLP communities. This Special Issue invites research papers addressing the state-of-the-art in developing the concepts and tools for an effective analysis at different scales. Research results and discussions, especially those targeting contributions to exploring research framework with co-design and co-production for Future Earth (http://www.futureearth.org/), are highly welcomed. Papers selected for this Special Issue are subjected to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications in the area of environment.
Prof. Dr. Teiji Watanabe
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- accumulation of case studies on land use change and sustainability, resilience, and vulnerability
- land use change in protected areas
- trade-offs between development/land use change and conservation
- land use change and climate change, societal change, or policy change as a driver
- land use change and poverty, marginality, and gender
- models and analytical tools for environmental management and sustainability
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Published Papers
Environments - ISSN 2076-3298