info:oai:pure.iiasa.ac.at:4072info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/4072/ Neglected Dimensions of Global Land-Use Change: Reflections and Data Heilig, G.K. 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. RR-95-003. Reprinted from Population and Development Review, 20(4):831-859 (December 1994). 1994 Monograph PeerReviewed text en cc_by https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/4072/1/RR-95-03.pdf Heilig, G.K. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/1318.html> (1994). Neglected Dimensions of Global Land-Use Change: Reflections and Data. IIASA Research Report (Reprint). IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RR-95-003. Reprinted from Population and Development Review, 20(4):831-859 (December 1994). http://www.jstor.org/stable/2137664