A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming

A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming / by Norman J. Rosenberg.

The Great Plains of North America is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat spells, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. The great inter-annual variability in crop production and declining rural populations weaken an economy already...

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Main Author: Rosenberg, Norman J. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:Advances in Global Change Research, 27
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Sustainable development.
Climate change.
Renewable energy resources.
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
Agriculture.
Environmental engineering.
Biotechnology.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Physical Environment
  • People and the Economy
  • Agriculture and Sustainability
  • The Wildcard of Climate Change
  • A Role for the Plains in Combating Climate Change
  • Outlook.

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