Area Changes In U S Forests And Other Major Land Uses 1982 To 2002 With Projections To 2062

Author : Ralph J. Alig
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781437938692

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Area Changes in U.S. Forests and Other Major Land Uses, 1982 to 2002, with Projections to 2062 by Ralph J. Alig Pdf

Describes area changes among major land uses on the U.S. land base for historical trends from 1982 to 2002 and projections out to 2062. Historically, 11 million acres of forest, cropland, and open space were converted to urban and other developed uses from 1992 to 1997 on non-federal land in the contiguous U.S. The largest percentage increase was in urban use, which grew by 10% or 7.3 million acres between 1997 and 2001. Forest land was the largest source of land converted to developed uses such as urbanization. Urban and other developed areas are projected to continue to grow substantially, in line with a projected U.S. population increase of more than 120 million people over the next 50 years. Figures. This is a print on demand publication.

Author : United States Department of Agriculture
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1506121330

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Area Changes in U. S. Forests and Other Major Land Uses, 1982 to 2002, with Projections To 2062 by United States Department of Agriculture Pdf

This study updates an earlier assessment of the past, current, and prospective situation for the Nation's land base. We describe area changes among major land uses on the U.S. land base for historical trends from 1982 to 2002 and projections out to 2062. Historically, 11 million acres of forest, cropland, and open space were converted to urban and other developed uses from 1992 to 1997 on nonfederal land in the contiguous United States.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : LCCN:2010533596

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Area Changes in U.S. Forests and Other Major Land Uses, 1982 to 2002, with Projections to 2062 by Anonim Pdf

This study updates an earlier assessment of the past, current, and prospective situation for the Nation's land base. We describe area changes among major land uses on the U.S. land base for historical trends from 1982 to 2002 and projections out to 2062. Historically, 11 million acres of forest, cropland, and open space were converted to urban and other developed uses from 1992 to 1997 on nonfederal land in the contiguous United States. The national rate of urbanization increased notably compared to the 1982-92 period. The largest percentage increase was in urban use, which grew by 10 percent or 7.3 million acres between 1997 and 2001. Forest land was the largest source of land converted to developed uses such as urbanization. Urban and other developed areas are projected to continue to grow substantially, in line with a projected U.S. population increase of more than 120 million people over the next 50 years, with population growth the fastest in the West and South. Projected increases in population and income will, in turn, increase demands for use of land for residential, urban, transportation, and related uses. Area of nonfederal forest-land cover in the United States is projected to decline over the next halfcentury, with a 7-percent reduction by 2062. Projected increases in urban and developed uses will likely intensify competition for remaining land between the agricultural and forestry sectors. Reversions to forest land have generally been from grassland used as pasture. All three major land use classes - cropland, forest land, and grassland - have lost area to urbanization, and that trend is projected to continue.

Author : David N. Laband,B. Graeme Lockaby
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780891186151

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Urban-Rural Interfaces by David N. Laband,B. Graeme Lockaby Pdf

What is the urban–rural interface? Is it a visual phenomenon, a place where country gives way to neighborhoods and shopping areas in a startling way? Is it a simple factor of population density? There is nothing simple about the urban–rural interface—editors David Laband, Graeme Lockaby, and Wayne Zipperer present the broad spectrum of interdisciplinary complexities at play. Organized into three sections on changing ecosystems, changing human dimensions, and the dynamic integration of human and natural systems, this book is a must read for anyone who works in the real world, where natural and human systems are joined. This is the new sustainability science, an emerging discipline that integrates social and economic values with the physical, chemical, and ecological functions of ecosystems. The goal is optimal management, since our human impact is often significant and far-reaching in both space and time.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : UCBK:C112255170

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Research Paper PNW. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781437983982

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Effects of Climate Change on Natural Resources and Communities: A Compendium of Briefing Papers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Madhu Khanna,David Zilberman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781493969067

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Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy: Volume II by Madhu Khanna,David Zilberman Pdf

In its second volume, this book aims to link the academic research with development in the real world and provide a historical and institutional background that can enrich more formal research. The first section will include an assessment of the evolution and the state of the nascent second-generation biofuel as well as a perspective on the evolution of corn ethanol and sugarcane ethanol in Brazil. It will also include a historical and institutional background on the biofuel industry in Brazil that has global lessons, and later, provide a technical overview of major analytical tools used to assess the economic, land use and greenhouse gas implications of biofuel policies at a regional and global level. Additionally, the book analyzes the various drivers for land use change both at a micro-economic level and at a macro-economic level. It presents studies that apply regional and global economic models to examine the effects of biofuel policies in the US, EU and Brazil on regional and global land use, on food and fuel prices and greenhouse gas emissions. These papers illustrate the use of partial and general equilibrium modeling approaches to simulate the effects of various biofuel policies, and includes studies showing the effects of risk aversion, time preferences and liquidity constraints on farmers decision to grow energy crops for biofuel production. By presenting the tools of lifecycle analysis for assessing the direct greenhouse gas intensity of biofuels, this handbook investigates the types of indirect or market mediated effects that can offset or strengthen these direct effects. It will include tools to assess the direct and indirect effects of biofuel production on greenhouse gas emissions in the US and Brazil, and ultimately provide a comprehensive background to understand the state of biofuel in the present and how to analyze their implication.

Author : Diane Mayerfeld
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031090233

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Our Carbon Hoofprint by Diane Mayerfeld Pdf

In the ongoing effort to combat global climate catastrophe, animal agriculture has long been a subject of contention. On the one hand, most agree that across the world increasing meat and dairy consumption are accelerating anthropogenic climate change. On the other hand, proponents of the livestock industry argue that modern advancements reduce greenhouse gas emissions from efficient livestock production to negligible quantities. Some even maintain that grass-based livestock production has a net positive impact on the environment, due to the carbon sequestration caused by grazing. Whom are we to believe? This book shows us that the answer is not so clear-cut. Beginning with the implications of the UN’s Livestock’s Long Shadow report, it breaks down the blind spots and highlights the insights of the most prominent pro-meat arguments, as well as of the push for a global switch to vegetarianism. While advances in efficiency might reduce greenhouse gas emissions per unit of meat or milk produced, attendant decreases in cost can enable overconsumption and thus produce more waste. And while carbon sequestration is beneficial, it is not a reliable cure-all for the industry. Due to the economics of farming, however, eliminating meat consumption may not even reduce emissions at all. The truth about livestock production is much more nuanced but, luckily, also far more holistic. The future of agricultural policy will have to take into consideration factors such as human health and economics, as well as climate. Eschewing ideology for empirical rigor, this book paves an actionable path forward for both consumers and producers, offering unique solutions for each livestock system and simple, everyday adjustments for the average omnivore.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Forest products
ISBN : UCBK:C083257973

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Research Paper FPL-RP by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ralph J. Alig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Forest dynamics
ISBN : MINN:31951D029770015

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Area Changes for Forest Cover Types in the United States, 1952 to 1997, with Projections to 2050 by Ralph J. Alig Pdf

The United States has a diverse array of forest cover types on its 747 million acres of forest land. Forests in the United States have been shaped by many natural and human-caused forces, including climate, physiography, geology, soils, water, fire, land use changes, timber harvests, and other human interventions. The major purpose of this document is to describe area projections of forest cover changes on timberland areas of the United States, in support of the 2000 Resources Planning Act assessment by the USDA Forest Service. Forest area projections differ markedly by region, owner, and forest cover type. Although some regions such as the North are projected to have relatively small percentage changes in common types such as maple-beech-birch (less than 5 percent), others in the South have relatively large projected changes: reductions of 19 percent for upland hardwood on nonindustrial private forest timberlands and 58 percent on forest industry timberlands in the South Central region; and increases in excess of 25 percent for planted pine for both private ownerships in the South. Although the area of softwoods is projected to increase across many regions of the country, especially on forest industry lands, hardwoods will remain the dominant forest type on private lands.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : MINN:31951D02996474R

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Land Use Changes Involving Forestry in the United States, 1952 to 1997, with Projections to 2050 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ralph J. Alig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Forest products
ISBN : LCCN:2003373681

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Land Use Changes Involving Forestry in the United States by Ralph J. Alig Pdf

About two-thirds (504 million acres) of the Nation's forests are classed as timberland, productive forests capable of producing 20 cubic feet per acre of industrial wood annually and not legally reserved from timber harvest. The USDA's 1997 National Resource Inventory shows that, nationally, 11 million acres of forest, cropland, and open space were converted to urban and other developed uses from 1992 to 1997, as the national rate of urbanization increased notably compared to the 1982-92 period. Forest land was the largest source of land converted to developed uses such as urbanization. Urban and other developed areas are projected to continue to grow substantially, in line with a projected U.S. population increase of more than 120 million people over the next 50 years, with population growth occurring the fastest in the West and South. Projected increases in population and income will, in turn, increase demands for use of land for residential, urban, transportation, and related uses. An overall net loss in forest area in the United States since the early 1950s has been due to a combination of factors, but in more recent decades has been primarily due to conversion to urban and developed uses. Total forest area in the United States is projected to decrease by approximately 23 million acres by 2050, a 3-percent reduction from the 1997 forest area. Consistent with the projected slow net decline in U.S. forestland area, private timberland area is likewise projected to decline. Total area of U.S. private timberland is projected to decline by 4 percent by 2050. Industry timberland is projected to decrease by 3.0 percent by 2050, whereas timberland area on nonindustrial private lands is projected to decrease by 4.4 percent.

Author : Ralph J. Alig,Brett J. Butler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:254096018

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Area Changes for Forest Cover Types in the United States, 1952 to 1997, with Projections to 2050 by Ralph J. Alig,Brett J. Butler Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Human ecology
ISBN : UCBK:C086783937

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Human Activity and the Environment by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1000 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Economic forecasting
ISBN : CORNELL:31924112278167

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MSA Profile by Anonim Pdf