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Land use and the carbon cycle : advances in integrated science, management, and policy
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Cambridge ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2013
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xxvi, 564 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm.
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9781107011243

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As governments and institutions work to ameliorate the effects of anthropogenic CO2 emissions on global climate, there is an increasing need to understand how land-use and land-cover change is coupled to the carbon cycle, and how land management can be used to mitigate their effects. This book brings an interdisciplinary team of fifty-eight international researchers to share their novel approaches, concepts, theories and knowledge on land use and the carbon cycle. It discusses contemporary theories and approaches combined with state-of-the-art technologies. The central theme is that land use and land management are tightly integrated with the carbon cycle and it is necessary to study these processes as a single natural-human system to improve carbon accounting and mitigate climate change. The book is an invaluable resource for advanced students, researchers, land-use planners and policy makers in natural resources, geography, forestry, agricultural science, ecology, atmospheric science and environmental economics.


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The carbon cycle in this changing climate and society is a pressing issue facing both the scientific community and international governments. Among various drivers, human activities, often expressed through land use, have been recognized as the most important. In this edited work, leading scientists in the carbon cycle field address the above linkages. Part 1 introduces how land uses influence the carbon cycle from physical and socioeconomic perspectives through the framework of coupled human and natural systems (CHN). Part 2 presents various modeling approaches to demonstrate the importance of models in solving these complex issues. Part 3 connects the carbon cycle and land use through data assimilation. Case examples related to carbon management, fire influences, changes in soil carbon, carbon offsetting, policy mitigation, public awareness, and landscape design follow in part 4. Part 5 emphasizes new directions/perspectives in carbon cycle science and management strategies. One striking feature of this timely book is that all 22 chapters are synthetic and backed by solid empirical evidence and/or conceptual illustrations and statements. It is the most recent update on carbon cycle science, focusing on knowledge gaps, effective tools, policy implications, and future directions. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers in global change science, policy makers, and carbon management practitioners. J. Chen University of Toledo


Table of Contents

PrefaceTony Janetos and Chris Field
Part I Introduction:
1 Linking land use and the carbon cycleDerek T. Robinson and Daniel G. Brown and Nancy H. F. French and Bradley C. Reed
2 An introduction to carbon cycle scienceGalina Churkina
3 The contribution of land-use and land-use change to the carbon cycleR. A. Houghton
4 An economic analysis of the effect of land use on terrestrial carbon storageRobert Mendelsohn
Part II Measurement and Modeling:
5 Remote sensing for mapping and modeling land-based carbon flux and storage NancyH. F. French, and Laura. L. Bourgeau-Chavez and Michael J. Falkowski and Scott Goetz and Liza K. Jenkins and Richard B. Powell and Philip Camill and Collin S. Roesler
6 Identifying geographical sources and sinks of carbon from atmospheric observationsA. M. Michalak
7 Overview of current limitations, challenges, and solutions to integrating carbon dynamics with land-use modelsTom P. Evans and Mikaela Schmitt-Harsh and Derek T. Robinson
8 Modeling for integrating science and managementVirginia H. Dale and Keith L. Kline
Part III Integrated Science and Research Applications:
9 Carbon emissions from land-use change: model estimates using three different datasetsAtul Jain and Prasanth Meiyappan and Tosha Richardson
10 A system to integrate multi-scaled data sources for improving terrestrial carbon balance estimatesJordan Golinkoff and Steve Running
11 Simulating biogeochemical impacts of historical land-use changes in the U.S. Great Plains from 1870 to 2003William J. Parton and Myron P. Gutmann and Melannie D. Hartman and Emily R. Merchant and Susan M. Lutz and Stephen J. DelGrosso
12 Carbon signatures of development patterns along a gradient of urbanizationMarina Alberti and Lucy Hutyra
Part IV Land Policy, Management, and the Carbon Cycle:
13 Managing carbon: ecological limits and constraintsR. César Izaurralde and Wilfred M. Post and Tristram O. West
14 Effects of wildland fire management on carbon storesMatthew D. Hurteau
15 Soil carbon dynamics in agricultural systems CynthiaA. Cambardella and Jerry L. Hatfield
16 U.S. policies and greenhouse gas mitigation in agricultureCarol Adaire Jones and Cynthia J. Nickerson and Nancy Cavallaro
17 Opportunities and challenges for offsetting greenhouse gas emissions with forestsSandra Brown and Timothy Pearson
18 Opportunities and challenges for carbon management on U.S. public landsLisa Dilling and Richard Birdsey and Yude Pan
19 Design and planning of residential landscapes to manage the carbon cycle: invention and variation in land use and land cover LaurenLesch Marshall and Joan I. Nassauer
Part V Synthesis and Future Directions:
20 Forests, carbon, and the global environment: new directions in researchDavid L. Skole and Jay Samek and Michael Smalligan and Walter Chomentowski and Oscar Castaneda
21 Carbon cycle sustainability and land useDennis Ojima and Josep G. Canadell and Richard Conant and Christine Negra and Petra Tschakert
22 Synthesis, lessons, and what the future holdsDaniel G. Brown and Nancy H. F. French and Bradley C. Reed and Derek T. Robinson
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