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Analysis of land use change and greenhouse gas emissions in Kalasin Province, Thailand

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dc.contributor.authorChailangka, Preeyarat, author
dc.contributor.authorPaustian, Keith, advisor
dc.contributor.authorFonte, Steven, committee member
dc.contributor.authorLeisz, Stephen, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-10T20:05:58Z
dc.date.available2018-09-10T20:05:58Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractGrowing global population causes many stresses on the environment, perhaps the most serious is global warming due to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Major contributors to GHG emissions include agricultural production and land use change. Southeast Asia is one of the world's fastest growing regions and provides many crops for export, so the land use changes are rapid and not always made in an environmentally conscious manner. The province chosen for this study, Kalasin, is located in a major economic development region with the multi-country East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) running through it. The EWEC has brought many changes to this province such as expansion of the manufacturing sector, more urban growth to support new factories, and new roads to reach areas which were previously not developed. The largest single land use in Thailand and the Kalasin province is cropland. There have been many changes in farming practices in the province as well, from the types of crops grown to the increasing numbers of commercial farms. These shifts in land use are leading to changes in the amount of GHG emissions and are also leading to land degradation in parts of the province as well. The largest GHGs emissions in agricultural sector come from rice cultivation (45%), followed by biomass carbon stock losses (40%). Some government policies have led to crops being grown on unsuitable lands, which is often associated with greater use of fertilizers and intensive tillage practices applied. Other practices involve draining wetlands, creating rice paddies on unsuitable soils, or clearing forests to farm the area. In this study we look at land use and land use changes throughout the province and use that data to estimate a GHG emissions inventory in the agricultural sector in order to better understand the effects that growth, land use and land use changes in the Kalasin province have on the environment.
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dc.identifierChailangka_colostate_0053N_15104.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/191496
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectbiomass carbon stock
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectsoil carbon stock
dc.subjectgreenhouse gas emission
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectland use change
dc.titleAnalysis of land use change and greenhouse gas emissions in Kalasin Province, Thailand
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thesis.degree.disciplineSoil and Crop Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)

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