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Land Change Science

Observing, Monitoring and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth’s Surface

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Editors:
  1. Garik Gutman

    1. NASA Headquarters, Washington, USA

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  2. Anthony C. Janetos

    1. Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment, The H. John Heinz III, Washington, USA

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  3. Christopher O. Justice

    1. University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  4. Emilio F. Moran

    1. Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

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  5. John F. Mustard

    1. Brown University, Providence, USA

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  6. Ronald R. Rindfuss

    1. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

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  7. David Skole

    1. Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

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  8. Billy Lee Turner

    1. Clark University, Worcester, USA

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  9. Mark A. Cochrane

    1. Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

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  • The study of land use is needed to provide scientific underpinning for improved land use decision making
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing (RDIP, volume 6)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. LCLUC Concepts; National and International Programs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Development of the International Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LUCC) Research Program and Its Links to NASA’s Land-Cover and Land-Use Change (LCLUC) Initiative

      • Emilio F. Moran, David L. Skole, B. L. Turner II
      Pages 1-15

    3. The NASA Land Cover and Land Use Change Program

      • Garik Gutman, Christopher Justice, Ed Sheffner, Tom Loveland
      Pages 17-29

    4. Meeting the Goals of GOFC

      • John R. Townshend, Christopher O. Justice, David L. Skole, Alan Belward, Anthony Janetos, Iwan Gunawan et al.
      Pages 31-55

  3. Observations of LCLUC: Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-59
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    2. Forest Change and Human Driving Forces in Central America

      • Steven A. Sader, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Laura C. Schneider, B. L. Turner II
      Pages 57-76

    3. Pattern to Process in the Amazon Region

      • David L. Skole, Mark A. Cochrane, Eraldo A. T. Matricardi, Walter Chomentowski, Marcos Pedlowski, Danielle Kimble
      Pages 77-95

    4. Towards an Operational Forest Monitoring System for Central Africa

      • Nadine T. Laporte, Tiffany S. Lin, Jacqueline Lemoigne, Didier Devers, Miroslav Honzák
      Pages 97-110

    5. Land Use and Land Cover Change in Southeast Asia

      • Jay H. Samek, Do Xuan Lan, Chaowalit Silapathong, Charlie Navanagruha, Sharifah Masturah Syed Abdullah, Iwan Gunawan et al.
      Pages 111-122

    6. Northern Eurasia

      • Olga N. Krankina, Guoqing Sun, Herman H. Shugart, Vyacheslav Kharuk, Eric Kasischke, Kathleen M. Bergen et al.
      Pages 123-138

    7. Land Cover Disturbances and Feedbacks to the Climate System in Canada and Alaska

      • A. D. McGuire, M. Apps, F. S. Chapin III, R. Dargaville, M. D. Flannigan, E. S. Kasischke et al.
      Pages 139-161

    8. Mapping Desertification in Southern Africa

      • Stephen D. Prince
      Pages 163-184

    9. Woodland Expansion in US Grasslands

      • Carol A. Wessman, Steven Archer, Loretta C. Johnson, Gregory P. Asner
      Pages 185-208

    10. Arid Land Agriculture in Northeastern Syria

      • Frank Hole, Ronald Smith
      Pages 209-222

    11. Changes in Land Cover and Land Use in the Pearl River Delta, China

      • Karen C. Seto, Curtis E. Woodcock, Robert K. Kaufmann
      Pages 223-236

  4. Cross Cutting Themes, Impacts and Consequences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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    2. The Effects of Land Use and Management on the Global Carbon Cycle

      • R. A. Houghton, Fortunat Joos, Gregory P. Asner
      Pages 237-256

    3. Land Use and Hydrology

      • John F. Mustard, Thomas R. Fisher
      Pages 257-276

    4. Land Use Change and Biodiversity

      • Andrew J. Hansen, Ruth S. DeFries, Woody Turner
      Pages 277-299
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About this book

This volume is a synthesis of the NASA funded work under the Land-Cover and Land-Use Change Program. Hundreds of scientists have worked for the past eight years to understand one of the most important forces that is changing our planet-human impacts on land cover, that is land use. Its contributions span the natural and the social sciences, and apply state-of-the-art techniques for understanding the earth: satellite remote sensing, geographic information systems, modeling, and advanced computing. It brings together detailed case studies, regional analyses, and globally scaled mapping efforts.

This is the most organized effort made to understand the dominant force that has been responsible for changing the Earth’s biosphere.

Audience: This publication will be of interest to students, scientists, and policy makers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • NASA Headquarters, Washington, USA

    Garik Gutman

  • Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment, The H. John Heinz III, Washington, USA

    Anthony C. Janetos

  • University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Christopher O. Justice

  • Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

    Emilio F. Moran

  • Brown University, Providence, USA

    John F. Mustard

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

    Ronald R. Rindfuss

  • Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

    David Skole, Mark A. Cochrane

  • Clark University, Worcester, USA

    Billy Lee Turner

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