Deforestation and degradation are tied to a complex array of socioeconomic and political
factors. Many assume that among the most important of these are the particular bundles of …

Global and regional economic and environmental changes are increasingly influencing
local land-use, livelihoods, and ecosystems. At the same time, cumulative local land …

Understanding the dynamics of land-use and land-cover change at a basin scale, including
its driving causes, is vital for the development and planning of appropriate environmental …

Population growth, economic development, and rural migration to urban areas have caused
rapid expansion of urban centres in Ghana. One reason is that spatial planning and in …

Private lands are important for conservation worldwide, but knowledge about their
effectiveness is still insufficient. To help fill this important knowledge gap, we analyzed the …

Understanding the complexity of land-use and land-cover (LULC) changes and their driving
forces and impacts on human and environmental security is important for the planning of …

A growing population has led to extensive farming at the expense of a natural environment.
Changes in land use and cover have caused land degradation, and problematic …

Research on humans and the Earth system has historically occurred separately, with
different teams and models devoted to each. Increasingly, however, these communities and …

This progress report discusses the role that human geography can potentially play in a
paradigm shift in global environmental change research. As the global discourse shifts from …

Landscape elements are the basic units of the earth surface system, and their changes have
a profound impact on the continuous supply of landscape functions. However, few studies …