TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenges and opportunities in mapping land use intensity globally
AU - Kuemmerle, Tobias
AU - Erb, Karlheinz
AU - Meyfroidt, Patrick
AU - Müller, Daniel
AU - Verburg, Peter H.
AU - Estel, Stephan
AU - Haberl, Helmut
AU - Hostert, Patrick
AU - Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck
AU - Kastner, Thomas
AU - Levers, Christian
AU - Lindner, Marcus
AU - Plutzar, Christoph
AU - Verkerk, Pieter Johannes
AU - van der Zanden, Emma H.
AU - Reenberg, Anette
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Future increases in land-based production will need to focus more on sustainably intensifying existing production systems. Unfortunately, our understanding of the global patterns of land use intensity is weak, partly because land use intensity is a complex, multidimensional term, and partly because we lack appropriate datasets to assess land use intensity across broad geographic extents. Here, we review the state of the art regarding approaches for mapping land use intensity and provide a comprehensive overview of available global-scale datasets on land use intensity. We also outline major challenges and opportunities for mapping land use intensity for cropland, grazing, and forestry systems, and identify key issues for future research.
AB - Future increases in land-based production will need to focus more on sustainably intensifying existing production systems. Unfortunately, our understanding of the global patterns of land use intensity is weak, partly because land use intensity is a complex, multidimensional term, and partly because we lack appropriate datasets to assess land use intensity across broad geographic extents. Here, we review the state of the art regarding approaches for mapping land use intensity and provide a comprehensive overview of available global-scale datasets on land use intensity. We also outline major challenges and opportunities for mapping land use intensity for cropland, grazing, and forestry systems, and identify key issues for future research.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84879381445&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.06.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.06.002
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24143157
SN - 1877-3435
VL - 5
SP - 484
EP - 493
JO - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
JF - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
IS - 5
ER -