Integrating diverse methods to understand climate-land interactions in East Africa

The questions of how land use change affects climate, and how climate change affects land use, require examination of societal and environmental systems across space at multiple scales, from the global climate to regional vegetative dynamics to local decision making by farmers and herders. It also r...

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Autores principales: Olson, J.M., Alagarswamy, G., Andresen, J.A., Campbell, D.J., Davis, A.Y., Jianjun, Ge, Huebner, M., Lofgren, B.M., Lusch, D.P., Moore, N.J., Pijanowski, B.C., Jiaguo, Qi, Thornton, Philip K., Torbick, N.M., Wang, S.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2172
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author Olson, J.M.
Alagarswamy, G.
Andresen, J.A.
Campbell, D.J.
Davis, A.Y.
Jianjun, Ge
Huebner, M.
Lofgren, B.M.
Lusch, D.P.
Moore, N.J.
Pijanowski, B.C.
Jiaguo, Qi
Thornton, Philip K.
Torbick, N.M.
Wang, S.
author_browse Alagarswamy, G.
Andresen, J.A.
Campbell, D.J.
Davis, A.Y.
Huebner, M.
Jiaguo, Qi
Jianjun, Ge
Lofgren, B.M.
Lusch, D.P.
Moore, N.J.
Olson, J.M.
Pijanowski, B.C.
Thornton, Philip K.
Torbick, N.M.
Wang, S.
author_facet Olson, J.M.
Alagarswamy, G.
Andresen, J.A.
Campbell, D.J.
Davis, A.Y.
Jianjun, Ge
Huebner, M.
Lofgren, B.M.
Lusch, D.P.
Moore, N.J.
Pijanowski, B.C.
Jiaguo, Qi
Thornton, Philip K.
Torbick, N.M.
Wang, S.
author_sort Olson, J.M.
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description The questions of how land use change affects climate, and how climate change affects land use, require examination of societal and environmental systems across space at multiple scales, from the global climate to regional vegetative dynamics to local decision making by farmers and herders. It also requires an analysis of causal linkages and feedback loops between systems. These questions and the conceptual approach of the research design of the Climate–Land Interaction Project (CLIP) are rooted in the classical human–environment research tradition in Geography. This paper discusses a methodological framework to quantify the two-way interactions between land use and regional climate systems, using ongoing work by a team of multi-disciplinary scientists examining climate–land dynamics at multiple scales in East Africa. East Africa is a region that is undergoing rapid land use change, where changes in climate would have serious consequences for people’s livelihoods, and requiring new coping and land use strategies. The research involves exploration of linkages between two important foci of global change research, namely, land use/land cover (LULC) and climate change. These linkages are examined through modeling agricultural systems, land use driving forces and patterns, the physical properties of land cover, and the regional climate. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are being used to illustrate a diverse pluralism in scientific discovery.
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spelling CGSpace21722023-12-08T19:36:04Z Integrating diverse methods to understand climate-land interactions in East Africa Olson, J.M. Alagarswamy, G. Andresen, J.A. Campbell, D.J. Davis, A.Y. Jianjun, Ge Huebner, M. Lofgren, B.M. Lusch, D.P. Moore, N.J. Pijanowski, B.C. Jiaguo, Qi Thornton, Philip K. Torbick, N.M. Wang, S. climate change The questions of how land use change affects climate, and how climate change affects land use, require examination of societal and environmental systems across space at multiple scales, from the global climate to regional vegetative dynamics to local decision making by farmers and herders. It also requires an analysis of causal linkages and feedback loops between systems. These questions and the conceptual approach of the research design of the Climate–Land Interaction Project (CLIP) are rooted in the classical human–environment research tradition in Geography. This paper discusses a methodological framework to quantify the two-way interactions between land use and regional climate systems, using ongoing work by a team of multi-disciplinary scientists examining climate–land dynamics at multiple scales in East Africa. East Africa is a region that is undergoing rapid land use change, where changes in climate would have serious consequences for people’s livelihoods, and requiring new coping and land use strategies. The research involves exploration of linkages between two important foci of global change research, namely, land use/land cover (LULC) and climate change. These linkages are examined through modeling agricultural systems, land use driving forces and patterns, the physical properties of land cover, and the regional climate. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are being used to illustrate a diverse pluralism in scientific discovery. 2008-03 2010-08-05T06:56:19Z 2010-08-05T06:56:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2172 en Limited Access Elsevier Olson, J.M.; Alagarswamy, G.; Andresen, J.A.; Campbell, D.J.; Davis, A.Y.; Jianjun Ge; Huebner, M.; Lofgren, B.M.; Lusch, D.P.; Moore, N.J.; Pijanowski, B.C.; Jiaguo Qi; Thornton, P.K.; Torbick, N.M.; Jing Wang. 2008. Integrating diverse methods to understand climate-land interactions in East Africa. Geoforum 39(2):898-911.
spellingShingle climate change
Olson, J.M.
Alagarswamy, G.
Andresen, J.A.
Campbell, D.J.
Davis, A.Y.
Jianjun, Ge
Huebner, M.
Lofgren, B.M.
Lusch, D.P.
Moore, N.J.
Pijanowski, B.C.
Jiaguo, Qi
Thornton, Philip K.
Torbick, N.M.
Wang, S.
Integrating diverse methods to understand climate-land interactions in East Africa
title Integrating diverse methods to understand climate-land interactions in East Africa
title_full Integrating diverse methods to understand climate-land interactions in East Africa
title_fullStr Integrating diverse methods to understand climate-land interactions in East Africa
title_full_unstemmed Integrating diverse methods to understand climate-land interactions in East Africa
title_short Integrating diverse methods to understand climate-land interactions in East Africa
title_sort integrating diverse methods to understand climate land interactions in east africa
topic climate change
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2172
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