This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the emerging concept
and framework of telecoupling and how it can help create a better
understanding of land-use change in a globalised world. Land-use change
is increasingly characterised by a spatial disconnect between its main
environmental, socioeconomic and political drivers and the main impacts
and outcomes of those changes. The authors examine how this separation
of the production and consumption of land-based resources is driven by
population growth, urbanisation, climate change, and biodiversity and
carbon conservation efforts. Identifying and fostering more sustainable,
just and equitable modes of land use and intervening in unsustainable
ones thus constitute substantial, almost overwhelming challenges for
science and policy. This book brings together leading scholars on
land-use change and sustainability to systematically discuss the
relevance of telecoupling research in addressing these challenges. The
book presents an overview of the telecoupling approach, reflects on a
number of the most pressing issues surrounding land-use change today and
discusses the agenda for advancing understanding on sustainable land-use
change through interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.