The driving forces of land change in the Northern Piedmont of the United States

Geographical Review

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-75

  Auch, Roger F ^a   Napton, Darrell E ^b   Kambly, Steven ^c   Moreland, Thomas R ^c   Sayler, Kristi L ^d  

^a US Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Center   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Eros ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Driving forces; Ecoregions; Land use change; Northern Piedmont; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ECOREGION; IMAGING METHOD; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; URBANIZATION;

PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857682951     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: 19310846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2012.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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