Land Allocation for Biomass Crops
Challenges and Opportunities with Changing Land Use
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Beschreibung
This edited volume establishes a forum for international experts to explore cutting-edge questions associated with the land use and biomass production. Topics include ‘do we have enough land, either primary or marginal, to accommodate future production of biomass?’, ‘how are farming decisions made in response to biomass incentives?’, ‘is the current bio-mass production socially, economically and environmentally sustainable?’, and ‘what are the main constraints currently limiting biofuel deployment?’
The expansion of biomass production is often at the cost of reduced land availability for food production and losses of areas with ecological functions such as forests and wetlands. This process often involves complex interplay of physical dynamics and human systems that are driven by numerous geographic and socio-economic factors at different scales. Thus, the state-of-the-art research on the land use issues surrounding the biomass production and its environmental impacts is important for informed land management decision making. This book will be of great use to researchers in land use management and biomass-based renewable energy, as well as practitioners.Presents cutting-edge research associated with land use and biomass production
Analyzes the issues surrounding biomass production and sustainability within the context of land use, suitability and allocation
Summarizes research implications for land policy makers to make better informed decisions for land allocation, biomass production and food security
Presents cutting-edge research associated with land use and biomass production Analyzes the issues surrounding biomass production and sustainability within the context of land use, suitability and allocation Summarizes research implications for land policy makers to make better informed decisions for land allocation, biomass production and food security
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Ruopu Li
Themen in »Land Allocation for Biomass Crops«
Land areas for biomass production Land availability Biomass sustainability Bioenergy end uses Energy crops Conservation compliance Biophysical constraints for land allocation GIS-based multi-criteria land suitability analysis Spatio-temporal dynamics in biomass yield and productivity Energy-intensive input use reduction Acreage response model Food security Cellulosic biofuel production Production of energy crops in contaminated lands natural resources and energy economics