This book explores the fundamental determinants of long term changes in agricultural land use and the associated implications for environmental and food security‎.‎ The book is designed around the idea that each chapter focuses on one driver‎,‎ or underlying determinant‎,‎ of land use change at global scale‎.‎ It starts with key factors which have been influential in the past‎,‎ such as growth population‎,‎ incomes and agricultural productivity‎,‎ thereafter turning to new drivers such as biofuels‎,‎ climate change and demand for environmental services‎.‎ Specialized topics include food security outcomes‎,‎ projections of future agricultural prices‎,‎ greenhouse gas emissions‎,‎ the role of globalization and market integration‎.‎ The book draws heavily on the emerging body of literature on these topics‎,‎ summarizes key findings and organizes these within a unifying economic framework‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Thomas W‎.‎ Hertel‎,‎ Uris Lantz C‎.‎ Baldos
• Publisher‎:‎ Springer
• ISBN‎:‎ 9783319226613