Land Use Assessing the Past, Envisioning the Future

• Other Authors: Carlos Loures, Luís (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2019
• Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; sustainability, landscape architecture, remote sensing, food security, gis, co2
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The intensive increase in land use change is considered both a source of richness and a serious problem to landscape sustainability. In this scenario, although land use change plays a very important role for societal development, the impact of land use changes on economic, social, and ecological fun...