Columbia – Rutgers Workshop on Land Use Transitions in the Tropics
Department of Geography, Rutgers University and
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology, Columbia University.
Abstracts:
Baptista, S. - An opportunity for interdisciplinary research on tropical forest recovery in metropolitan regions: methodological considerations and challenges
Kelly, J. - A feminist reassessment of forest transition theory:
Risks and opportunities for study of forest recovery at the household level
Pinedo-Vasquez, M. - Looking at the flexibility and resilience of land-use systems practiced by caboclos and their impact on land cover in the Amazonia estuarine region.
I. Perfecto and C. Badgley - Land Use Transition in the LAC
Geoghegan, J. and Pfaff, A. - Broadening the Set of Econometric Models Used for Land Transitions: What has been done, what could be done, and some thoughts about why
Pacheco, P. - Theory in frontier development and agrarian change: Competing views and scope for integrated approaches
C. Padoch, E. Brondizio, S. Costa, M.Pinedo-Vasquez, R. R. Sears and A. Siqueira -
The Urbanizing Amazon: Exploring the complexities of urbanization, changing markets, and forest cover.
Southworth, J., Nagendra, H. and Cassidy, L. - Evaluating forest transition pathways in Asia – Case studies from Nepal, India, Thailand and Cambodia
Ickowitz, A. and Geoghegan, J. - Shifting Cultivation and Forest Transition in the Tropics: Research Advances and Remaining Challenges
Lambin,E.F., Meyfroidt, P. and Raquez P - Conditions for a sustainable land use: evidence and the case of Vietnam
DeFries, R. - Forest Transitions and the Energy Ladder in India from the Early 1990’s to Present
Chazdon, R., Caper, R., Finegan, and B.Boukili, V. - Prospects and challenges in assessing ecological groups of tree species during tropical forest succession
de Jong, W. - What assures successful outcomes of tropical forest rehabilitation
Lawrence, D. - The role of ecology and culture in determining the trajectory of tropical forest recovery
Pfaff, A. and Walker R. - Forest Transitions & External Drivers: looking back and looking forward
Putz, F.E. - Shades of Grey in Tropical Land-Use Transitions: View from the Ground
Turner, B. - Sustainable Land Architecture
Vester, H. - A model for landscape biodiversity based on regeneration units.
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