… The case study by Turner et al. (12) in this issue of PNAS illustrates how the framework …
As illustrated in the case studies of Turner et al. (12), however, different vulnerabilities in the …

… farmers whose production includes a substantial subsistence component have supported
the principle that, all else equal, growth in population leads to growth in agriculture [see Turner …

In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research,
management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland development, however, …

… This case study assessment does not repeat the literature reviewed by Turner and
colleagues (1), and the reader is directed to that paper for the literatures relevant to the general …

Land-Use and Land-Cover Change is significant to a range of themes and issues central to
the study of global change. The alterations it effects in the surface of the earth hold major …

Common understanding of the causes of land-use and land-cover change is dominated by
simplifications which, in turn, underlie many environment-development policies. This article …

The interactions between environmental change and human societies have a long, complex
history spanning many millennia, but these have changed fundamentally in the last century. …

Land change science has emerged as a fundamental component of global environmental
change and sustainability research. This interdisciplinary field seeks to understand the …

… Additional thanks are due to the many individuals who gave a special impetus to this project:
GCI director BL Turner II, series co-editors Carol Rasmussen and Tom ML Wigley, and the …

From October 25-30, 1987, Clark University hosted an international and interdisciplinary
symposium on" The Earth as Transformed by Human Action," an examination of the past 300 …