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Format: 1 online resource (147 p.)

ISBN: 3-89958-965-3

Note: Summary in German. , Thesis (doctoral)--University of Kassel, 2010. , ""Front cover ""; ""Titelseite ""; ""Impressum ""; ""Table of contents""; ""List of figures""; ""List of tables""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Background""; ""1.2. Objective""; ""1.3. Structure of the thesis""; ""2. Land-use and land-coverchange: terminology and concepts""; ""2.1. Definitions""; ""2.2. Causes and consequences of land-use and land-cover change""; ""2.3. Main approaches to modeling land-use and land-cover change""; ""3. The integrated modeling system LandSHIFT""; ""3.1. Overview""; ""3.1.1. Purpose""; ""3.1.2. State variables and scales"" , ""3.1.3. Process overview and scheduling""""3.2. Design concepts""; ""3.3. Details""; ""3.3.1. Initialization""; ""3.3.2. Input""; ""3.3.3. Sub models""; ""4. Modeling the feedback betweenstocking density and biomass productivity""; ""4.1. Motivation""; ""4.2. Simulation experiment""; ""4.3. Study region""; ""4.4. Materials and methods""; ""4.4.1. Input data""; ""4.4.2. Scenario description""; ""4.4.3. Validation""; ""4.5. Results""; ""4.5.1. Simulation of land-use and land-cover change""; ""4.5.2. Validation results""; ""4.6. Discussion""; ""4.7. Conclusions"" , ""5. Quantifying the environmentalimpact of grazing in Jordan""""5.1. Motivation""; ""5.2. Simulation experiment""; ""5.3. Study region""; ""5.4. Materials and methods""; ""5.4.1. Relative HANPP""; ""5.4.2. Landscape metrics""; ""5.4.3. Validation""; ""5.5. Results""; ""5.6. Discussion and conclusions""; ""6. Future land-use and land-cover change scenarios for the JordanRiver region""; ""6.1. Motivation""; ""6.2. Study region""; ""6.3. Materials and methods""; ""6.3.1. The scenario analysis in GLOWA Jordan River""; ""6.3.2. Derivation of value functions for preference ranking"" , ""6.3.3. Model validation""""6.4. Simulation experiment""; ""6.5. Results""; ""6.6. Discussion and conclusions""; ""7. Assessment of future conflicts between agricultural land use and biodiversity in Africa""; ""7.1. Motivation""; ""7.2. Materials and Methods""; ""7.2.1. Input data and model initialization""; ""7.2.2. Geographic distribution of vascular plant diversity""; ""7.2.3. Estimation of area potentials for agriculture and their spatial correlation to regions with high vascular plant diversity""; ""7.2.4. Assessment of land-use and land-cover change impacts"" , ""7.2.5. Scenario drivers""""7.3. Results""; ""7.3.1. Area potentials for agricultural activities""; ""7.3.2. Scenario analysis""; ""7.4. Discussion""; ""7.5. Conclusions""; ""8. Synthesis""; ""8.1. Summary of findings""; ""8.1.1. Modeling the feedback between stocking density and biomass productivity""; ""8.1.2. Quantifying the environmental impact of grazing in Jordan""; ""8.1.3. Future land-use and land-cover change scenarios for the Jordan River region""; ""8.1.4. Assessment of future conflicts between agricultural land use and biodiversity in Africa"" , ""8.2. Outlook on further research"" , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-89958-964-5

Language: English