Land use change in New England: A reversal of the forest transition

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-130

  Jeon, Sung Bae ^a   Olofsson, Pontus ^a   Woodcock, Curtis E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy assessment; deforestation; forest transition; land use change; Landsat; urbanization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; SATELLITE DATA; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887133813     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2012.754962     Document Type: Article

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