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SUBMITTER: Erb KH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3798045 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Erb Karl-Heinz KH Haberl Helmut H Jepsen Martin Rudbeck MR Kuemmerle Tobias T Lindner Marcus M Müller Daniel D Verburg Peter H PH Reenberg Anette A
Current opinion in environmental sustainability 20131001 5
Large knowledge gaps currently exist that limit our ability to understand and characterise dynamics and patterns of land-use intensity: in particular, a comprehensive conceptual framework and a system of measurement are lacking. This situation hampers the development of a sound understanding of the mechanisms, determinants, and constraints underlying changes in land-use intensity. On the basis of a review of approaches for studying land-use intensity, we propose a conceptual framework to quantif ...[more]