Land use changes and trends in Human Appropriation of above ground Net Primary Production (HANPP) in India (1961-98). From: The Geographical Journal | Date: March 1, 2004| Author: Prasad, V. Krishna; Badarinth, K.V.S. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Royal Geographical Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Land use change has the potential to influence energy flows, standing crop and biomass turnover at a variety of scales. To understand and quantify the impact of land use change on natural systems, interdisciplinary approaches and concepts linking biophysical and socioeconomic factors are needed. One such approach for analysing the socioeconomic energy flows from land use changes is Human Appropriated Net Primary Production (HANPP). HANPP is defined as the difference between the net primary ...