A contribution to the 3rd National Climate Assessment report, discussing the following key messages: 1. Choices about land-use and land-cover patterns have affected and will continue to affect how vulnerable or resilient human communities and ecosystems are to the effects of climate change. 2. Land-use and land-cover changes affect local, regional, and global climate processes. 3. Individuals, organizations, and governments have the capacity to make land-use decisions to adapt to the effects of climate change. 4. Choices about land use and land management provide a means of reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas levels.
Revised: May 14, 2015 |
Published: May 1, 2014
Citation
Brown D., C. Polsky, P.V. Bolstad, S.D. Brody, D. Hulse, R. Kroh, and T. Loveland, et al. 2014.Land Use and Land Cover Change. In Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment, edited by JM Melillo, TC Richmond and GQ Yohe. 318-332. Washington Dc:US Global Change Research Program.PNNL-SA-102845.