@techreport{iiasa4072, volume = {20}, address = {IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria}, title = {Neglected Dimensions of Global Land-Use Change: Reflections and Data}, type = {IIASA Research Report (Reprint)}, publisher = {RR-95-003. Reprinted from Population and Development Review, 20(4):831-859 (December 1994).}, journal = {Population and Development Review}, pages = {831--859}, year = {1994}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2137664}, abstract = {The author questions the conventional approach to studying global land-use changes, which is focused on agriculture-related alterations driven by population growth. He argues the need to abandon the oversimplified model of a linear relationship between population growth, increase in food demand, and agricultural expansion and intensification, leading to deforestation and land-cover modification. There are numerous other types of land-cover modification, such as those caused by shifts in lifestyles and food preferences, man-made catastrophes, wars, urban infrastructure expansion, changes in industrial production, fossil resource exploration, and modes of transportation. The author presents FAO data which indicate that a significant proportion of arable land worldwide is cultivated for lifestyle-related products, such as stimulants, sugar, and tobacco. A review of historical trends also shows that changes in land-use patterns were frequently linked to changes in lifestyles.}, author = {Heilig, G. K.} }