Human–environment interactions: towards synthesis and simulation |
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Authors: | J A Dearing R W Battarbee R Dikau I Larocque F Oldfield |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZT, Liverpool, UK;(2) Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London, WC1 0AP London, UK;(3) Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 166, 53115 Bonn, Germany;(4) INRS-ETE, 490 De La Couronne Québec, G1K 9A9 Québec, Canada |
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Abstract: | Leaders of the PAGES Focus 5 programme ‘Past Ecosystem Processes and Human–Environment Interactions’ identify key issues for
research on human–environment interactions for wider discussion. These include the need for long-term perspectives, the opportunities
for maximising palaeoenvironmental research, the need for integration and regionalisation and the challenge of developing
dynamic simulation models. A new organisational matrix for regional studies is outlined, based on a series of zonal/azonal
regions and on the degree of human impact. Future priorities for palaeoenvironmental research include new studies in degraded
human-dominated landscapes, highly-valued ecosystems and sites relevant to other IGBP Core Projects. Simulation of future
human–environment interactions using modelling approaches that have been tested against long records lags behind global climate
modelling, but cellular approaches for biogeophysical and multi-agent systems show promise. |
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Keywords: | Regionalisation Integration Simulation Palaeoenvironmental studies PAGES Focus 5 |
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