This book presents recent estimates on the rate of change of major land classes. Aggregated globally, multiple impacts of local land changes are shown to signif

This text aims to promote a better understanding of land use and land-cover change in the assessment and management of global environmental resources, and to de

This volume is a synthesis of the NASA funded work under the Land-Cover and Land-Use Change Program. Hundreds of scientists have worked for the past eight years

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People are constantly changing the land surface through construction, agriculture, energy production, and other activities. Changes both in how land is used by