Land Change Science
Observing, Monitoring and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth’s Surface
Editors: Gutman, G., Janetos, A.C., Justice, C.O., Moran, E.F., Mustard, J.F., Rindfuss, R.R., Skole, D., Turner II, B.L., Cochrane, M.A. (Eds.)
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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.
- Table of contents (26 chapters)
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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
Pages 1-15
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The NASA Land Cover and Land Use Change Program
Pages 17-29
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Meeting the Goals of GOFC
Pages 31-55
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Forest Change and Human Driving Forces in Central America
Pages 57-76
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Pattern to Process in the Amazon Region
Pages 77-95
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Land Change Science
- Book Subtitle
- Observing, Monitoring and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth’s Surface
- Editors
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- Garik Gutman
- Anthony C. Janetos
- Christopher O. Justice
- Emilio F. Moran
- John F. Mustard
- Ronald R. Rindfuss
- David Skole
- Billy Lee Turner II
- Mark A. Cochrane
- Series Title
- Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing
- Copyright
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4020-2562-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4020-2562-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-4306-9
- Series ISSN
- 1567-3200
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXI, 459
- Number of Illustrations
- 159 b/w illustrations
- Topics
