作者: P. H. Verburg , W. T. de Groot , A. J. Veldkamp
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-0335-2_2
关键词: Land use, land-use change and forestry 、 Scale (chemistry) 、 Sustainability 、 Agricultural productivity 、 Cover (algebra) 、 Land cover 、 Environmental resource management 、 Biomass (ecology) 、 Environmental science 、 Land use
摘要: Land cover is defined as the layer of soils and biomass, including natural vegetation, crops human structures that land surface. use refers to purposes for which humans exploit land-cover (Fresco, 1994). Land-cover change complete replacement one type by another, while land-use changes also include modification types, e.g., intensification agricultural use, without changing its overall classification (Turner II et al., 1993).