Status and trends of land change in the United States--1973 to 2000

Professional Paper 1794
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    • Professional Paper 1794-A Status and Trends of Land Change in the Western United States—1973 to 2000, edited by Benjamin M. Sleeter, Tamara S. Wilson, and William Acevedo
    • Professional Paper 1794-B Status and Trends of Land Change in the Great Plains of the United States—1973 to 2000, edited by Janis L. Taylor, William Acevedo, Roger F. Auch, and Mark A. Drummond
    • Professional Paper 1794-C Status and Trends of Land Change in the Midwest–South Central United States—1973 to 2000, edited by Roger F. Auch and Krista A. Karstensen
    • Professional Paper 1794-D Status and Trends of Land Change in the Eastern United States—1973 to 2000, edited by Kristi L. Sayler, William Acevedo, and Janis L. Taylor
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Summary

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Professional Paper 1794 is a four-volume series on the status and trends of the Nation’s land use and land cover, providing an assessment of the rates and causes of land-use and land-cover change in the United States between 1973 and 2000. Volumes A, B, C, and D provide analyses for the Western United States, the Great Plains, the Midwest–South Central United States, and the Eastern United States, respectively. The assessments of land-use and land-cover trends are conducted on an ecoregion-by-ecoregion basis, and each ecoregion assessment is guided by a nationally consistent study design that includes mapping, statistical methods, field studies, and analysis. Individual assessments provide a picture of the characteristics of land change occurring in a given ecoregion; in combination, they provide a framework for understanding the complex national mosaic of change and also the causes and consequences of change. Thus, each volume in this series provides a regional assessment of how (and how fast) land use and land cover are changing, and why. The four volumes together form the first comprehensive picture of land change across the Nation. This report is only one of the products produced by USGS on land-use and land-cover change in the United States. Other reports and land-cover statistics are available online at http://landcovertrends.usgs.gov.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Status and trends of land change in the United States--1973 to 2000
Series title Professional Paper
Series number 1794
DOI 10.3133/pp1794
Year Published 2012
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Western Geographic Science Center
Description 4 Volumes: A-D
Country United States
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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