Land Use and the Causes of Global Warming / Edition 1

by W. Neil Adger, Katrina Brown

Overview

Global watming through the enhanced greehouse effect is one of themajor and most uncertain forces of global environmental changepresently facing the earth. This book is a guide to the scientificand policy debate concerning the roles of agriculture, forestry andother activities leading to global warming. The influence of landuse on the greehouse effect is important, not only in terms of netemissions of greenhouse gases, but also in the potential to reduceemissions through changing land use policies.

Land Use and the Causes of Global Warming reviews the globalemissions of greenhouse gases from land use sources, highlightingthe undertainties in estimating both the magnitude of the fluxesand the scale of land use change. Policies of afforestation,policies to encourage the halting of deforestation and changingmanagement pravctices in agriculture are all examined from theperspectives of feasibility, cost and equity. The authorsillustrate how all land use policies are multi-objective but thatthe reduction of grenhouse gas emissions must be a key element inforestry and agriculture policy on a global bais. This is aninvaluable book for all thoe in the climate change researchcommunity, environmental scientits, economists and social scientitsin research institutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471948858
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/17/1995
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.74(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

William Neil Adger is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Exeter. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, Wye College, University of London and the University of East Anglia. He was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2001 and is a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Scientist. Katrina Brown is the author of Land Use and the Causes of Global Warming, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Land Use and Global Environmental Change: A Social SciencePerspective.

THE LAND USE CAUSES OF GLOBAL WARMING.

Assessing Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from the Terrestrial Biota.

The Role of Tropical Forests in the Carbon Cycle.

Soils, Bogs and Wetlands: Greenhouse Gas Fluxes.

POLICY ANALYSIS.

An Investigation of the Causes of Tropical Deforestation.

Agricultural Policy to Reduce Methane Emissions.

Forestry Options for Offsetting Emissions.

The International Policy Dimension.

Land Use Options for Greenhouse Gas Abatement: Prospects andConstraints.

References.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

A nontechnical guide to the scientific and policy debate about the role of agriculture, forestry, and other activity in global warming, considering not only the net emissions of greenhouse gases but also the potential and efforts to reduce emissions by changing land use policies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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