01704naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902000220006010000190008224500910010126000090019230000120020149000330021352009280024665000130117465000120118765300160119965300080121570000170122370000170124070000180125770000150127570000170129077301310130716629402017-06-01       2009    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a978-0-87590-476-41 aBATISTELLA, M.  aPeople and environment in Amazoniabthe LBA experience and other perspectives. change.  c2009  ap. 1-10  a(Geophysical Monograph, 186)  aAmazonia is the arena for an ongoing extraordinary transformation of nature and society. This process of change can be depicted in many and by various disciplines, with emphasis on the biosphere or the atmosphere, as demonstrated by the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in amazonia (LBA). However, the human factors behind environmental change should not be neglected. This chapter introduces the section on people and environment in the region proposing an examination of the human dimensions of land use and land cover change from the LBA experience and other perspectives. As a basis for this approach, we provide a brief review on related topics and insights about opportunities for integrative research. Selected findings produced by LBA projects are highlighted and a synthetic view on research gaps, analytical gaps, data gaps, and policy implications of human dimension research in Amazonia is presented.  aAmazonia  aclimate  aLarge-Scale  aLBA1 aALVES, D. S.1 aMORAN, E. F.1 aSOUZA, Jr. C.1 aWALKER, R.1 aWALSH, S. J.  tIn: KELLER, M.; BUSTAMANTE, M.; GASH, J.; DIAS, P. S. (Ed.). Amazonia and global Washington: American Geophysical Union, 2009.