Land-use and land-cover changes : impact on climate and air quality /

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Author / Creator:	Mölders, Nicole, 1962-
Imprint:	Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2012.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 189 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	Atmospheric and oceanographic sciences library, 1383-8601 ; v. 44 Atmospheric and oceanographic sciences library ; v. 44.
Subject:	Land use. Land cover. Land use -- Environmental aspects. Land cover -- Environmental aspects. Land cover. Land use. Land use -- Environmental aspects.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8871458

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ISBN:	9789400715271 (electronic bk.) 9400715277 (electronic bk.) 9789400715264 9400715269
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Wildfires, changing glaciers, deforestation, open-pit mining, increasing demands for food and bio-fuel production and the growth of megacities change our landscape. This book comprehensively reviews the current knowledge on how natural and anthropogenic land-use/cover changes affect weather, air quality and climate worldwide and explains how these changes may trigger further land-use/cover changes. It discusses how anthropogenic land-use/cover changes have affected local and regional climate and air quality since the settlement of America and the industrialisation. It addresses the topic how l
Other form:	Print version: Mölders, Nicole, 1962- Land-use and land-cover changes. Dordrecht ; New York : Springer Verlag, 2012 9789400715264

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