Driving Forces of Land Change
Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) changes are environmental processes that modify the land surface and affect a broad range of socioeconomic, biologic, geologic, and hydrologic systems. The goals of this project are to analyze contemporary LULC using Landsat satellite data and develop a systematic approach to identify causes of land change at regional and national scales. The objectives will be met by developing a methodology for integrating data from multiple data sources.