Climate change and land policies : [proceedings of the 2010 Land Policy Conference

Developing policies that will keep climate change in check has become a global priority, as increasing greenhouse gas emissions contribute to extreme weather patterns. If these emissions remain unabated, changes in global temperatures and the subsequent relocation of human settlements and economic activities will have huge economic and social impacts on the world's population. The 2010 annual Land Policy Conference provided a forum for international scholars and policy makers to discuss topics including the impacts of climate change on land use; how energy and climate change policies affect land resource allocation and land use planning; relationships among urban form, transportation, and CO2 emissions; market-based approaches to environmental conservation; and global ability to deal with climate change and land management. Land policies in the face of climate change / Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong Preparing for rising water along U.S. coastlines / Bruce Babbitt Sea-level rise and coastal zone management / Robert J. Nicholls The impact of climate change on land / Robert Mendelsohn Alternative energy sources and land use / Clinton J. Andrews, Lisa Dewey-Mattia, Judd M. Schechtman, and Mathias Mayr Integrating adaptation and mitigation in local climate change planning / Elisabeth M. Hamin Land use and vehicle miles of travel in the climate change debate : getting smarter than your average bear / Marlon G. Boarnet, Douglas Houston, Gavin Ferguson, and Steven Spears The decline in transit-sustaining densities in U.S. cities, 1910/2000 / Shlomo Angel, Alejandro Blei, Jason Parent, and Daniel A. Civco Prediction of transportation outcomes for LEED-ND pilot projects / Reid Ewing, Colin Quinn-Hurst, Lauren Brown, Meghan Bogaerts, Michael Greenwald, and Ming Zhang Congestion pricing : an overview of experience and impacts / Kiran Bhatt Changing land uses in forestry and agriculture through payments for environmental services / Sven Wunder and Jan Borner Capturing economic rents to pay for conservation of sensitive sites / John A. Dixon Do U.S. policy makers have better alternatives to cap and trade? / Ian W. H. Parry and Roberton C. Williams III The environment and global governance : can the global community rise to the challenge? / Uma Lele, Aaron Zazueta, and Benjamin Singer American federalism and climate change : policy options and public opinion / Barry G. Rabe and Christopher P. Borick Climate change and the management of national and state-owned land in the united states / Christopher McGrory Klyza.