Advancing Land Change Modeling: Opportunities and Research Requirements

by National Research Council, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, et al.

People are constantly changing the land surface through construction, agriculture, energy production, and other activities. Changes both in how land is used by people (land use) and in the vegetation, rock, buildings, and other physical material that cover the Earth's surface (land cover) can be described and future land change can be projected using land-change models (LCMs). LCMs are a key means for understanding how humans are reshaping the Earth's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309288339
• ISBN13: 9780309288330
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"