Land use transitions: Socio-ecological feedback versus socio-economic change
Land use transitions: Socio-ecological feedback versus socio-economic change
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DOI：
10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.09.003
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发表时间：
2010-04-01
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影响因子：
7.1
通讯作者：
Meyfroidt, Patrick
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作者：
Lambin, Eric F.;Meyfroidt, Patrick
土地利用转型的概念强调土地利用变化是非线性的，并与其他社会和生物物理系统的变化有关。土地利用的转变不是一种固定的模式，也不是决定性的。土地利用的转变可能是由于关键资源的枯竭或相对独立于生态系统的社会经济变化和创新所产生的负面社会生态反馈造成的。本文探讨土地利用转型的来源主要是内源性社会生态力量还是外源性社会经济因素。我们首先回顾了在国家案例研究中确定的几种森林过渡的一般途径，并评估了与这些途径相关的森林扩张的不同生态质量。然后，我们讨论了土地利用转型的可能解释框架。我们以越南最近的森林转型为例进行说明。社会生态反馈似乎更好地解释了森林砍伐的减缓和森林覆盖的稳定，而外生社会经济因素更好地解释了重新造林。最后，我们讨论了加速热带森林国家土地利用转型的前景。2009爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
The concept of land use transition highlights that land use change is non-linear and is associated with other societal and biophysical system changes. A transition in land use is not a fixed pattern, nor is it deterministic. Land use transitions can be caused by negative socio-ecological feedbacks that arise from a depletion of key resources or from socio-economic change and innovation that take place rather independently from the ecological system. Here, we explore whether the sources of land use transitions are mostly endogenous socio-ecological forces or exogenous socio-economic factors. We first review a few generic pathways of forest transition as identified in national case studies, and evaluate the varying ecological quality of expanding forests associated with these pathways. We then discuss possible explanatory frameworks of land use transitions. We use the case of the recent forest transition in Vietnam as an illustration. Socio-ecological feedbacks seem to better explain a slowing down of deforestation and stabilization of forest cover, while exogenous socio-economic factors better account for reforestation. We conclude by discussing the prospects of accelerating land use transitions in tropical forest countries. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.