Overview

This edited volume establishes a forum for international experts to explore cutting-edge questions associated with the land use and biomass production. Topics include ‘do we have enough land, either primary or marginal, to accommodate future production of biomass?’, ‘how are farming decisions made in response to biomass incentives?’, ‘is the current bio-mass production socially, economically and environmentally sustainable?’, and ‘what are the main constraints currently limiting biofuel deployment?’ The expansion of biomass production is often at the cost of reduced land availability for food production and losses of areas with ecological functions such as forests and wetlands. This process often involves complex interplay of physical dynamics and human systems that are driven by numerous geographic and socio-economic factors at different scales. Thus, the state-of-the-art research on the land use issues surrounding the biomass production and its environmental impacts is important for informed land management decision making. This book will be of great use to researchers in land use management and biomass-based renewable energy, as well as practitioners.

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Author:   Ruopu Li ,  Andrea Monti
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2018 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030090142

ISBN 10:   3030090140
Pages:   217
Publication Date:   24 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Trends in Land Use in Spain and Their Implications to Bioenergy Production.- Chapter 3. Impact of Conservation Compliance on Availability of Land for Corn Stover Harvesting.- Chapter 4. Biophysical Constraints for Land Allocation of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and Giant Reed (Arundo donax L.) in Europe, Italy.- Chapter 5. Planning the Next-Generation Biofuel Crops in the U.S. Corn Belt: A Land Suitability Analysis.- Chapter 6. Spatio-temporal Change of Agricultural Biertomass Capacity in the North China Plains.- Chapter 7. Switchgrass Adoption as a Tool for Agro-ecosystem Resilience: Results of a Survey in an Iowa Watershed.- Chapter 8. Farmers’ Acreage Responses to Sugarcane Ethanol Industry Expansion.- Chapter 9. Production of Energy Crops in Contaminated Land - Opportunities and Risks.- Chapter 10. Changes in Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cellulosic Biofuel Production.- Chapter 11. Resolving Biomass andFood Security through Land Allocation.

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Prof. Ruopu Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Resources at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. His research interests include biomass-related land use modeling, water resources modeling and management, and spatial data analytics. His recent research focuses on natural resources constraints on biomass cultivation and nonpoint source pollution associated with the crop production. Prof. Andrea Monti is full Professor in crop science at the University of Bologna. He is the head of the Research Group of Industrial Crops in the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences. His current research activity mainly focuses on lignocellulosic and oil crops. During the last 10 years he took part in more than 15 international projects on non-food crops, and presently, he coordinates an EU-Brazil cooperation project on advanced biofuels (BECOOL).

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