RT Journal Article
SR 00
ID 10.1016/S0959-3780(01)00007-3
A1 Lambin, E.F.
A1 Turner, B.L.
A1 Geist, H.J.
A1 Agbola, S.B.
A1 Angelsen, A.
A1 Bruce, J.W.
A1 Coomes, O.T.
A1 Dirzo, R.
A1 Fischer, G.
A1 Folke, C.
A1 George, P.S.
A1 Homewood, K.
A1 Imbernon, J.
A1 Leemans, R.
A1 Li, X.
A1 Moran, E.F.
A1 Mortimore, M.
A1 Ramakrishnan, P.S.
A1 Richards, J.F.
A1 Skånes, H.
A1 Steffen, W.
A1 Stone, G.D.
A1 Svedin, U.
A1 Veldkamp, T.A.
A1 Vogel, C.
A1 Xu, J.
T1 The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths
JF Global Environmental Change
YR 2001
FD 2001
VO 11
IS 4
SP 261
OP 269
AB Common understanding of the causes of land-use and land-cover change is dominated by simplifications which, in turn, underlie many environment-development policies. This article tracks some of the major myths on driving forces of land-cover change and proposes alternative pathways of change that are better supported by case study evidence. Cases reviewed support the conclusion that neither population nor poverty alone constitute the sole and major underlying causes of land-cover change worldwide. Rather, peoples' responses to economic opportunities, as mediated by institutional factors, drive land-cover changes. Opportunities and constraints for new land uses are created by local as well as national markets and policies. Global forces become the main determinants of land-use change, as they amplify or attenuate local factors.
PB Elsevier
SN 09593780
LK https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13490/