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Development of scenarios for land cover, population density, impervious cover, and conservation in New Hampshire, 2010–2100 [PDF]

, 2017
Future changes in ecosystem services will depend heavily on changes in land cover and land use, which, in turn, are shaped by human activities. Given the challenges of predicting long-term changes in human behaviors and activities, scenarios provide a ...
Grimm, Curt D., Mineau, Madeleine M., Mitchell, Clayton R., Ollinger, Scott V., Thorn, Alexandra M., Wake, Cameron P.   +5 more
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Forest cover change detection using Geographic Information Systems and remote sensing techniques: a spatio-temporal study on Komto Protected forest priority area, East Wollega Zone, Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research, 2020
Background Forest plays an important role in climate regulation and carbon sequestration. Komto Forest is one of the remnant natural forests found in Guto Gida district of East Wollega zone, Ethiopia, has been supporting the local community for ...
Milkessa Dangia Negassa, Demissie Tsega Mallie, Dessalegn Obsi Gemeda   +2 more
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Hydrological impacts of global land cover change and human water use [PDF]

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2017
Human impacts on global terrestrial hydrology have been accelerating during the 20th century. These human impacts include the effects of reservoir building and human water use, as well as land cover change.
J. H. C. Bosmans, L. P. H. van Beek, E. H. Sutanudjaja, M. F. P. Bierkens, M. F. P. Bierkens   +4 more
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An Adaptive Change Threshold Selection Method Based on Land Cover Posterior Probability and Spatial Neighborhood Information

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2021
Change threshold selection (CTS) plays an important role in land cover change detection. The traditional CTS methods are mainly based on the information contained in grayscale histogram distributions or pixel neighborhoods.
Huaqiao Xing, Linye Zhu, Yongyu Feng, Wei Wang, Dongyang Hou, Fei Meng, Yuanlong Ni   +6 more
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Biophysical suitability, economic pressure and land-cover change: a global probabilistic approach and insights for REDD+ [PDF]

, 2013
There has been a concerted effort by the international scientific community to understand the multiple causes and patterns of land-cover change to support sustainable land management.
A Mather, Agnieszka E. Latawiec, Alvaro Iribarrem, Andrew Lovett, Anna Creed, AS Ruesch, B Strassburg, BBN Strassburg, Bernardo B. N. Strassburg, BS Soares, D Tilman, D Tilman, E Lepers, EF Lambin, EF Lambin, Felipe Cronenberger, Gilla Sunnenberg, GL Galford, HK Gibbs, International Union for Conservation of Nature, United Nations Environment Programme, JA Foley, JA Foley, JEM Baillie, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, KK Goldewijk, KK Goldewijk, KM Chomitz, KP Overmars, L Miles, Lera Miles, LN Joppa, Lucas Joppa, MK Ittersum van, MW Rosegrant, N Ramankutty, N Stephenne, NC Goldstein, Nga Nguyen, P Smith, PH Verburg, PH Verburg, R DeFries, Ralph Ashton, RG Pontius, RM Ewers, RM Ewers, RR Rindfuss, S Fritz, SW Trimble, TK Rudel, TK Rudel, TP Evans   +51 more
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Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Yellow River Basin from 1980 to 2015 and Its Impact on the Ecosystem Services

Land, 2021
Land use and land cover change is an important driving force for changes in ecosystem services. We defined several important human-induced land cover change processes such as Ecological Restoration Project, Cropland Expansion, Land Degradation, and ...
Bo Liu, Libo Pan, Yue Qi, Xiao Guan, Junsheng Li   +4 more
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Land Use and Land Cover Change in Khorezm, Uzbekistan [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
This article depicts on discussions about land use and land cover change distribution in Khorezm province, Uzbekistan between 1987 and 2019. For the study Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 8 OLI respectively used to detect land use changes in the study area ...
Rakhmonov Sherzod, Umurzakov Uktam, Rakhmonov Kosimdjon, Bozarov Iqbol, Karamatov Ozodbek   +4 more
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FROM-GLC Plus: toward near real-time and multi-resolution land cover mapping

GIScience & Remote Sensing, 2022
Global land cover has undergone extensive and rapid changes as a result of human activities and climate change. These changes have had a significant impact on biodiversity, the surface energy balance, and sustainable development.
Le Yu, Zhenrong Du, Runmin Dong, Juepeng Zheng, Ying Tu, Xin Chen, Pengyu Hao, Bo Zhong, Dailiang Peng, Jiyao Zhao, Xiyu Li, Jianyu Yang, Haohuan Fu, Guangwen Yang, Peng Gong   +14 more
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Assessment of public and private land cover change in the United States from 1985–2018

Environmental Research Communications, 2023
An assessment of annual land cover on publicly and privately managed lands across the conterminous United States (CONUS) from 1985–2018 was performed, including land cover conversions within their management category, to inform future policy and land-use
Nathan C Healey, Janis L Taylor, Roger F Auch   +2 more
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Characterizing degradation gradients through land cover change analysis in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa [PDF]

, 2017
CITATION: Munch, Z., et al. 2017. Characterizing degradation gradients through land cover change analysis in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa. Geosciences, 7(1):7, doi:10.3390/geosciences7010007.The original publication is available at http://www.mdpi ...
Brown, Campbell, Carbutt, Clulow, Congalton, Dye, Homer, Huffman, Jewitt, Kotzé, Lück, Mudau, Pontius, Richter, Schoeman, Stott, Thomas, Van den Berg, Van den Berg, Van Niekerk, Wang, Wotshela, Xiaoxiao   +22 more
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