A comprehensive global 5 min resolution land-use data set for the year 2000 consistent with national census data

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-224

  Erb, Karl Heinz ^a   Gaube, Veronika ^a   Krausmann, Fridolin ^a   Plutzar, Christoph ^b   Bondeau, Alberte ^c   Haberl, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b VINCA Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural statistics; Agriculture; Cropland map; Forestry map; Global grazing land; Land cover; Land use; Urban and infrastructure area

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749089673     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17474230701622981     Document Type: Article

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