| Abstract: | The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed an unprecedented, 27-year assessment of land-use and land-cover change for the conterminous United States. For the period 1973 to 2000, scientists generated estimates of change in major types of land use and land cover, such as development, mining, agriculture, forest, grasslands, and wetlands. To help provide the insight that our Nation will need to make land-use decisions in coming decades, the historical trends data is now being used by the USGS to help model potential future land use/land cover under different scenarios, including climate, environmental, economic, population, public policy, and technological change. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 70005459 |
| Citation Author: | Wilson, Tamara S. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Western Geographic Science Center |
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| Citation Language: | English |
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| Citation LatN: | 0490000 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 2 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 2011-3080 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Land-cover change research at the U.S. Geological Survey-assessing our nation‘s dynamic land surface; 2011; FS; 2011-3080; Wilson, Tamara S. |
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| Citation Year: | 2011 |
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| Text: | Land-cover change research at the U.S. Geological Survey-assessing our nation‘s dynamic land surface; 2011; FS; 2011-3080; Wilson, Tamara S. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/fs_2011_3080.gif |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3080/ |
| Date Other: | Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
