Land-use and land-cover scenarios and spatial modeling at the regional scale

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3091/

Complex geographic information can be analyzed with mathematical models to show us the spatial patterns of human building, vegetation growth, and other landscape characteristics that may result from environmental changes we may expect in the future.

by Sohl, Terry L. and Sleeter, Benjamin M.

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012-3091

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