This book discusses the drivers of landscape change, including humans as agents of change, and determines landscape trajectories to guide future management options. Readers will learn about the major landscape change processes, including climate change and human induced disturbance regimes, and the unique consequences that multiple and simultaneously occurring change agents can have on landscapes. Additionally, the author addresses the concept of landscapes as socio-technical-ecological (STE) entities, which considers the combined ecological and technological influences on landscape change and how both must be acknowledged when assessing landscape resilience and recovery from disturbance. Rates of change and landscape momentum are presented as measures of determining landscape trajectories, and as tools for reducing future uncertainty of landscape fates to prevent irreversible ecological disruption. Furthermore, barriers to managing landscape change are identified including cost, cultural identity of local populations, and indeterminate rates of change.weiterlesen