Land transformation by humans: A review

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dc.contributor.authorHooke, Roger Leb.
dc.contributor.authorMartín Duque, José Francisco
dc.contributor.authorPedraza Gilsanz, Javier de
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-20T03:31:36Z
dc.date.available2023-06-20T03:31:36Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractIn recent decades, changes that human activities have wrought in Earth’s life support system have worried many people. The human population has doubled in the past 40 years and is projected to increase by the same amount again in the next 40. The expansion of infrastructure and agriculture necessitated by this population growth has quickened the pace of land transformation and degradation. We estimate that humans have modified >50% of Earth’s land surface. The current rate of land transformation, particularly of agricultural land, is unsustainable. We need a lively public discussion of the problems resulting from population pressures and the resulting land degradation.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Geológicas
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/20528
dc.identifier.issn1052-5173
dc.identifier.officialurlhttp://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43718
dc.issue.number12
dc.journal.titleGSA Today
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final10
dc.page.initial4
dc.publisherGeological Society of America
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.subject.cdu551.3
dc.subject.keywordLand transformation
dc.subject.keywordHuman
dc.subject.ucmGeodinámica
dc.subject.unesco2507 Geofísica
dc.titleLand transformation by humans: A review
dc.typejournal article
dc.volume.number22
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