Land use changes in the Douro Valley and carbon emissions

Deforestation for economic development and urbanisation or urban sprawl as a result of human population growth is a common feature of land-use change and is an important source of increased atmospheric CO2. At the global level, carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels are two to three times higher...

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Main Author: Lourenço, Júlia M. (author)
Other Authors: Danko, C. C. (author), Pereira, N. (author), Ramos, Luís F. (author), Bento, R. (author), Bentes, I. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/63096
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/63096