Modeling land-use change in the Ipswich watershed, Massachusetts, USA

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 83-94

  Schneider, Laura C ^a   Gil Pontius Jr , R ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Kappa; Land use change; Massachusetts; Model; ROC; Validation

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0343724637     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00189-X     Document Type: Article

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