Modelling land use, land-use change, and forestry in climate change: A review of major approaches

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The rapid development of climate policies and the need to understand the dynamics of climate change have highlighted and shaped the role of land use, land-use change and forestry dynamics (LULUCF), making it an issue of global importance. As a consequence, LULUCF has become a central topic in economic theory and in environmental sciences. The attention is focused on creating and expanding comprehensive global land-use datasets and on improving the modelling strategies allowing for an extensive representation of the land-use system. However, this is a relatively new research field and the development of this challenging process is likely to require greater effort in the years to come. By adopting a straightforward model classification, this paper provides a broad, but detailed, overview of the most representative methods and models developed to date. This summary will guide a critical discussion on relevant methodological aspects related to the global modelling of land use and its changes. An additional focus is placed on the representation of forest-carbon sequestration within climate mitigation, which represents one of the most demanding issues from a modelling perspective.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 46.2012

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Forestry ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land ; Valuation of Environmental Effects ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
• Thema: Land ; Land-Use Change Modelling ; Agriculture ; Forestry

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Michetti, Melania
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
• (wo): Milano
• (wann): 2012

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/59742
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ