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Marc A. Levy
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 55
Citations - 16389
Marc A. Levy is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Sustainable development. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 54 publications receiving 13531 citations. Previous affiliations of Marc A. Levy include Johns Hopkins University & Princeton University.
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Deforestation and Reforestation of Latin America and the Caribbean (2001–2010)
T. Mitchell Aide,Matthew L. Clark,H. Ricardo Grau,David López-Carr,Marc A. Levy,Daniel J. Redo,Martha Bonilla-Moheno,George Riner,María José Andrade-Núñez,Maria Muñiz +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a wall-to-wall, annual maps of change in woody vegetation and other land-cover classes between 2001 and 2010 for each of the 16,050 municipalities in Latin American and the Caribbean region (LAC).
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Global terrestrial Human Footprint maps for 1993 and 2009.
Oscar Venter,Oscar Venter,Oscar Venter,Eric W. Sanderson,Ainhoa Magrach,Ainhoa Magrach,James Allan,Jutta Beher,Kendall R. Jones,Hugh P. Possingham,Hugh P. Possingham,William F. Laurance,Peter Wood,Balázs M. Fekete,Marc A. Levy,James E. M. Watson,James E. M. Watson +16 more
TL;DR: The updated maps should provide an increased understanding of the human pressures that drive macro-ecological patterns, as well as for tracking environmental change and informing conservation science and application.
State Failure Task Force Report: Phase II Findings
Daniel C. Esty,Jack Andrew Goldstone,Ted Robert Gurr,Barbara Harff,Marc A. Levy,Geoffrey D. Dabelko,Pamela T. Surko,Alan N. Unger +7 more
TL;DR: The first empirical effort to identify factors associated with state failure by examining a broad range of demographic, societal, economic, environmental, and political indicators influencing state stability was made by the State Failure Task Force as discussed by the authors.
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Anthropogenic Drivers of Ecosystem Change: an Overview
Gerald C. Nelson,Elena M. Bennett,Asmeret Asefaw Berhe,Kenneth G. Cassman,Ruth DeFries,Thomas Dietz,Achim Dobermann,Andrew P. Dobson,Anthony C. Janetos,Marc A. Levy,Diana Marco,Nebojsa Nakicenovic,Brian C. O'Neill,Richard B. Norgaard,Gerhard Petschel-Held,Dennis S. Ojima,Prabhu Pingali,Robert T. Watson,Monika Zurek +18 more
TL;DR: The authors in this paper provide an overview of what the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) call "indirect and direct drivers" of change in ecosystem services at a global level.
Data Descriptor: Global terrestrial Human Footprint maps for 1993 and 2009
Oscar Venter,Eric W. Sanderson,Ainhoa Magrach,James Allan,Jutta Beher,Kendall R. Jones,Hugh P. Possingham,William F. Laurance,Peter Wood,Balázs M. Fekete,Marc A. Levy,James E. M. Watson +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a set of Human Footprint maps for all non-Antarctic land areas, including built environments, population density, electric infrastructure, crop lands, pasture lands, roads, railways, and navigable waterways.