?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4072%2F&rft.title=Neglected+Dimensions+of+Global+Land-Use+Change%3A+Reflections+and+Data&rft.creator=Heilig%2C+G.K.&rft.description=The+author+questions+the+conventional+approach+to+studying+global+land-use+changes%2C+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%2C+increase+in+food+demand%2C+and+agricultural+expansion+and+intensification%2C+leading+to+deforestation+and+land-cover+modification.+There+are+numerous+other+types+of+land-cover+modification%2C+such+as+those+caused+by+shifts+in+lifestyles+and+food+preferences%2C+man-made+catastrophes%2C+wars%2C+urban+infrastructure+expansion%2C+changes+in+industrial+production%2C+fossil+resource+exploration%2C+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%2C+such+as+stimulants%2C+sugar%2C+and+tobacco.+A+review+of+historical+trends+also+shows+that+changes+in+land-use+patterns+were+frequently+linked+to+changes+in+lifestyles.&rft.publisher=RR-95-003.+Reprinted+from+Population+and+Development+Review%2C+20(4)%3A831-859+(December+1994).&rft.date=1994&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4072%2F1%2FRR-95-03.pdf&rft.identifier=++Heilig%2C+G.K.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1318.html%3E++(1994).++Neglected+Dimensions+of+Global+Land-Use+Change%3A+Reflections+and+Data.+++IIASA+Research+Report+(Reprint).+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+RR-95-003.+Reprinted+from+Population+and+Development+Review%2C+20(4)%3A831-859+(December+1994).+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F2137664