Status and Trends of Land Change in the United States--1973 to 2000

Status and Trends of Land Change in the United States—1973 to 2000

[In four volumes (A–D), each of which covers a separate region (see Contents below)]

Summary

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Professional Paper 1794 is a four-volume series on the status and trends of the Nation’s land use and land cover, providing an assessment of the rates and causes of land-use and land-cover change in the United States between 1973 and 2000. Volumes A, B, C, and D provide analyses for the Western United States, the Great Plains, the Midwest–South Central United States, and the Eastern United States, respectively. The assessments of land-use and land-cover trends are conducted on an ecoregion-by-ecoregion basis, and each ecoregion assessment is guided by a nationally consistent study design that includes mapping, statistical methods, field studies, and analysis. Individual assessments provide a picture of the characteristics of land change occurring in a given ecoregion; in combination, they provide a framework for understanding the complex national mosaic of change and also the causes and consequences of change. Thus, each volume in this series provides a regional assessment of how (and how fast) land use and land cover are changing, and why. The four volumes together form the first comprehensive picture of land change across the Nation.

This report is only one of the products produced by USGS on land-use and land-cover change in the United States. Other reports and land-cover statistics are available online at http://landcovertrends.usgs.gov.

First posted December 5, 2012

These reports are also available in print from:

USGS Information Services, Box 25286,
Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
telephone: 888 ASK-USGS; e-mail: infoservices@usgs.gov

For additional information:
Contact information, U.S. Geological Survey
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
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Sioux Falls, SD 57198-0001
http://eros.usgs.gov/

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Volumes

Professional Paper 1794–A, Status and Trends of Land Change in the Western United States—1973 to 2000, edited by Benjamin M. Sleeter, Tamara S. Wilson, and William Acevedo

Professional Paper 1794–B, Status and Trends of Land Change in the Great Plains of the United States—1973 to 2000, edited by Janis L. Taylor, William Acevedo, Roger F. Auch, and Mark A. Drummond

Professional Paper 1794–C, Status and Trends of Land Change in the Midwest–South Central United States—1973 to 2000, edited by Roger F. Auch and Krista A. Karstensen

Professional Paper 1794–D, Status and trends of land change in the Eastern United States—1973 to 2000, edited by Kristi L. Sayler, William Acevedo, and Janis L. Taylor