Procedures and Techniques for Updating the Land Use Survey
Author : Gerald D. Dinndorf
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File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 1966*
Category : Land use surveys
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Author : Gerald D. Dinndorf
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Page : pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 1966*
Category : Land use surveys
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Author : Valerie A. Milazzo
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Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,84 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Land cover
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Page : 568 pages
File Size : 14,42 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Geology
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Page : 460 pages
File Size : 36,70 MB
Release : 1980
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 43,54 MB
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309048389
This valuable book summarizes recent research by experts from both the natural and social sciences on the effects of population growth on land use. It is a useful introduction to a field in which little quantitative research has been conducted and in which there is a great deal of public controversy. The book includes case studies of African, Asian, and Latin American countries that demonstrate the varied effects of population growth on land use. Several general chapters address the following timely questions: What is meant by land use change? Why are ecological research and population studies so different? What are the implications for sustainable growth in agricultural production? Although much work remains to be done in quantifying the causal connections between demographic and land use changes, this book provides important insights into those connections, and it should stimulate more work in this area.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 44,74 MB
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309288363
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 surface in the past and present, for forecasting future landscape conditions, and for developing policies to manage our use of resources and the environment at scales ranging from an individual parcel of land in a city to vast expanses of forests around the world. Advancing Land Change Modeling: Opportunities and Research Requirements describes various LCM approaches, suggests guidance for their appropriate application, and makes recommendations to improve the integration of observation strategies into the models. This report provides a summary and evaluation of several modeling approaches, and their theoretical and empirical underpinnings, relative to complex land-change dynamics and processes, and identifies several opportunities for further advancing the science, data, and cyberinfrastructure involved in the LCM enterprise. Because of the numerous models available, the report focuses on describing the categories of approaches used along with selected examples, rather than providing a review of specific models. Additionally, because all modeling approaches have relative strengths and weaknesses, the report compares these relative to different purposes. Advancing Land Change Modeling's recommendations for assessment of future data and research needs will enable model outputs to better assist the science, policy, and decisionsupport communities.
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Page : 542 pages
File Size : 14,57 MB
Release : 1974
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Page : 758 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Astronautics in earth sciences
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Page : 578 pages
File Size : 14,7 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Geology
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Page : 308 pages
File Size : 12,21 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Aeronautics
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