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Environmental Studies
Michael Addaney, Jonas Ayaribilla Akugudu, Michael Osei Asibey, Millicent Awialie Akaateba, Elias Danyi Kuusaana
Summary: This study examines the implications of changing land tenure on women cocoa farmers in Ghana, finding gender discrimination in sharecropping and land commodification. It also highlights how customs under the matrilineal system hinder women's access to land for cocoa farming.
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Environmental Sciences
Vincent B. Verhoeven, Irene C. Dedoussi
Summary: Land cover plays a crucial role in the Earth's climate, food security, and biodiversity. By using classification trees to generate annual land cover maps, it is possible to accurately classify and monitor changes in land cover on the European continent.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xinghan Wang, Peitong Cong, Yuhao Jin, Xichun Jia, Junshu Wang, Yuxing Han
Summary: This study analyzed the impact of land cover change on the spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, finding that land use change can lead to changes in precipitation distribution, especially in areas with construction land changes.
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Environmental Sciences
Baohui Mu, Xiang Zhao, Donghai Wu, Xinyan Wang, Jiacheng Zhao, Haoyu Wang, Qian Zhou, Xiaozheng Du, Naijing Liu
Summary: This study analyzed the vegetation cover change trends in China from 2001 to 2018 and found that CO2, climate-related factors, and land cover change played significant roles in driving these changes. CO2 was identified as the primary driving factor for vegetation cover changes, indicating its importance in vegetation growth research.
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Environmental Sciences
Qiaoqiao Jing, Jianjun He, Yarong Li, Xianyu Yang, Yue Peng, Hong Wang, Fei Yu, Jie Wu, Sunling Gong, Huizheng Che, Xiaoye Zhang
Summary: Land cover changes have been proven to have significant impacts on climate change and the evolution of ecological environments. This study used MODIS land cover data to analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics of global land cover changes from 2001 to 2020. The findings provide valuable insights into land-atmosphere interactions, climate change, and numerical modeling.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chaodong Li, Mingyi Yang, Zhanbin Li, Baiqun Wang
Summary: The study analyzed the land use/land cover patterns in Rwanda from 1990 to 2015 and simulated the changes for the next 30 years. The results indicated a decrease in forest area, an increase in cropland area, and continuous expansion of urban land in Rwanda in the future.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Jocelyn L. Aycrigg, T. Ryan Mccarley, R. Travis Belote, Sebastian Martinuzzi
Summary: Wilderness areas are not immune to changes in land use, land cover, and/or climate. Future changes will intensify the balancing act of maintaining ecological conditions and untrammeled character within wilderness areas. By quantifying and evaluating projected changes in land use, land cover, and climate, it was found that all wilderness areas are projected to experience some level of change by mid-century, with the greatest impacts expected in agriculture, clear cutting, and developed land use.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dmitriy Moskovchenko, Roman Pozhitkov, Evgeny Lodygin, Marina Toptygina
Summary: Some of Russia's large industrial cities, including Tyumen, contribute to hazardous contamination in the environment. High concentrations of 14 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were found in the particulate matter of snow in Tyumen, primarily due to coal combustion and vehicle emissions.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Daeun Kim, Jongjin Baik, Muhammad Umair, Minha Choi
Summary: This study analyzed the water use efficiency in East Asia and found that WUE gradually increased as latitude decreased, with lower WUE in summer compared to fall. Forests, savannas, croplands, and permanent wetlands showed higher WUE, while water-limited zones had lower WUE than energy-limited zones.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Zhi-Jie Wang, Shu-Jun Liu, Jing-Hao Li, Chen Pan, Jin-Long Wu, Jun Ran, Yuan Su
Summary: This study focuses on the quantitative evaluation of the relationship between land use/land cover change and ecosystem service values (ESVs) in the Yungui Plateau region of China. The results show that ecological restoration measures have significantly impacted the LULC pattern, leading to an increase in forestland and an improvement in total ESVs. However, ESVs exhibit spatial and temporal heterogeneity, with hot spots located in edge regions and cold spots concentrated in central and eastern areas. The study highlights the importance of considering local declines in ESVs in future land use planning and management.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Pedro Ribeiro Piffer, Leandro Reverberi Tambosi, Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz, Jean Paul Metzger, Maria Uriarte
Summary: This study investigated the impact of landscape composition and short-term precipitation variability on water quality in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil from 2000 to 2014. The results showed that forest cover was associated with better water quality, while urban cover had detrimental impacts. High precipitation led to increased turbidity and fecal coliform levels in the streams.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Birgit Heim, Simeon Lisovski, Mareike Wieczorek, Anne Morgenstern, Bennet Juhls, Iuliia Shevtsova, Stefan Kruse, Julia Boike, Irina Fedorova, Ulrike Herzschuh
Summary: This study investigates the variability of snow-cover duration and summer vegetation vitality in the Lena Delta using satellite data and observations. The results show that both snow cover and vegetation greenness are strongly influenced by climate change, and recent temperature increase has had a positive impact on vegetation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Shanshan Jiang, Xi Chen, Keith Smettem, Tiejun Wang
Summary: The study found significant differences in the impact of elevation on vegetation cover and climate change, with increasing vegetation cover in low elevations primarily due to reforestation and improved agricultural productivity, while vegetation cover in high elevations decreased under climate warming.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Yulong Zhang, Conghe Song, Taehee Hwang, Kimberly Novick, John W. Coulston, James Vose, Matthew P. Dannenberg, Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Jiafu Mao, Curtis E. Woodcock
Summary: Land cover change (LCC) is a dynamic aspect of global environmental change with uncertain impacts on carbon budgets, and a study focusing on the conterminous United States found that LCC had a significant negative effect on Gross Primary Production (GPP) due to forest loss and urban expansion, partially offset by increases in crop area.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Lixin Wang, Wenzhe Jiao, Natasha MacBean, Maria Cristina Rulli, Stefano Manzoni, Giulia Vico, Paolo D'Odorico
Summary: This review focuses on recent advances and outstanding debates in understanding dryland productivity and functions. The authors emphasize the importance of understanding dryland dynamics for predicting future climate trajectories. However, there are significant uncertainties regarding dryland expansion or greening, the drivers of vegetation shifts, the role of different hydrological processes, and the impact of land-use changes and climate variability on ecosystem productivity. The authors suggest prioritizing holistic approaches to dryland management to account for increasing climatic and anthropogenic pressures and associated uncertainties.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Jason J. Taylor, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Daniel G. Brown
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Qing Tian, John H. Holland, Daniel G. Brown
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2016)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Hui Xu, Daniel G. Brown
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE
(2017)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ginger R. H. Allington, Wei Li, Daniel G. Brown
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2017)
Article
Ecology
Ginger R. H. Allington, Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez, Jiquan Chen, Daniel G. Brown
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2018)
Article
Ecology
K. Arthur Endsley, Daniel G. Brown, Elizabeth Bruch
Article
Environmental Sciences
Cara Steger, Shana Hirsch, Chris Cosgrove, Sarah Inman, Eric Nost, Xoco Shinbrot, Jessica P. R. Thorn, Daniel G. Brown, Adrienne Gret-Regamey, Birgit Muller, Robin S. Reid, Catherine Tucker, Bettina Weibel, Julia A. Klein
Summary: This study analyzed dynamic models of mountain SES to address global environmental challenges, finding that most models are participatory with low direct outreach to decision makers. SES models often lack representation of social datasets and decision support is higher in models with diverse stakeholders.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
J. A. Sullivan, D. G. Brown, F. Moyo, M. Jain, A. Agrawal
Summary: Improving agricultural productivity is crucial for sustainable development. Large-scale land acquisitions have significant impact on well-being and the environment in the Global South, but their effects on agricultural productivity and its distribution remain under-investigated. This study examines household-level changes in agricultural productivity and other outcomes related to land acquisitions in Tanzania. The results show that households near land acquisitions exhibit higher agricultural productivity, mainly due to increased crop prices and farmer selection of high-value crops. However, the effects vary depending on the mechanisms involved, with contract farming explaining a large portion of the productivity increase and land loss reducing agricultural productivity.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Shipeng Sun, Dawn C. Parker, Daniel G. Brown
Summary: This article illustrates the importance of agent-based models in studying complex human-environment systems and demonstrates how ABMs can be used to generate and test general conclusions through a case study on the effects of neighborhood size on urban sprawl.
COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jonathan A. Sullivan, Cyrus Samii, Daniel G. Brown, Francis Moyo, Arun Agrawal
Summary: Land inequality hinders economic development and perpetuates poverty, especially in the context of land acquisitions and control. A study conducted in Tanzania found that land acquisitions led to reduced landholdings and increased farmland inequality among smallholders. Households near these land acquisitions experienced a 21.1% decrease in landholdings, with suggestive evidence of declining farm sizes as well.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Nathan S. Chesterman, Julia Entwistle, Matthew C. Chambers, Hsiao-Chin Liu, Arun Agrawal, Daniel G. Brown
Article
Economics
Suhyun Jung, Chuan Liao, Arun Agrawal, Daniel G. Brown
JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMISTS
(2019)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Derek T. Robinson, Alan Di Vittorio, Peter Alexander, Almut Arneth, C. Michael Barton, Daniel G. Brown, Albert Kettner, Carsten Lemmen, Brian C. O'Neill, Marco Janssen, Thomas A. M. Pugh, Sam S. Rabin, Mark Rounsevell, James P. Syvitski, Isaac Ullah, Peter H. Verburg
EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS
(2018)
Article
History
Myron P. Gutmann, Daniel Brown, Angela R. Cunningham, James Dykes, Susan Hautaniemi Leonard, Jani Little, Jeremy Mikecz, Paul W. Rhode, Seth Spielman, Kenneth M. Sylvester
SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY
(2016)
Article
Demography
K. M. Sylvester, M. P. Gutmann, D. G. Brown
POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENT
(2016)