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  <dc:contributor>Michael P. Stier</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Jamie L. McBeth</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Mark A. Drummond</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2024</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;Urban growth and other land-use changes were examined in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Alluvial Floodplain ecoregions in Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. The analysis focused on understanding the types and causes of land change as well as the recovery of natural land-cover types between years 2001 and 2011. The purpose was to develop improved capabilities for understanding land change dynamics in urbanizing ecoregions and to provide data for further analyses. The spatial data, including metadata, allows further exploration and characterization of changes affecting this dynamic region.&lt;br data-mce-bogus="1"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.3133/dr1185</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Land-use and land-cover change in the Lower Rio Grande Ecoregions, Texas, 2001–2011</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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