Status and trends of land change in the Western United States--1973 to 2000
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- Professional Paper 1794 This publication is Volume A in Status and trends of land change in the United States—1973 to 2000
- Professional Paper 1794-B Status and trends of land change in the Great Plains of the United States—1973 to 2000
- Professional Paper 1794-C Status and Trends of Land Change in the Midwest–South Central United States—1973 to 2000
- Professional Paper 1794-D Status and Trends of Land Change in the Eastern United States—1973 to 2000
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Preface
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Professional Paper 1794–A is the first in 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 Western United States between 1973 and 2000. Volumes B, C, and D provide similar analyses for 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. Geographic understanding of land-use and land-cover change is directly relevant to a wide variety of stakeholders, including land and resource managers, policymakers, and scientists. The chapters in this volume present brief summaries of the patterns and rates of land change observed in each ecoregion in the Western United States, together with field photographs, statistics, and comparisons with other assessments. In addition, a synthesis chapter summarizes the scope of land change observed across the entire Western United States. The studies provide a way of integrating information across the landscape, and they form a critical component in the efforts to understand how land use and land cover affect important issues such as the provision of ecological goods and services and also the determination of risks to, and vulnerabilities of, human communities. Results from this project also are published in peer-reviewed journals, and they are further used to produce maps of change and other tools for land management, as well as to provide inputs for carbon-cycle modeling and other climate change research. 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.
Suggested Citation
Sleeter, B.M., Wilson, T.S., and Acevedo, W., eds., 2012, Status and trends of land change in the Western United States—1973 to 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1794–A, 324 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1794/a/.
ISSN: 2330-7102 (online)
ISSN: 1044-9612 (print)
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Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Author Affiliations
- Regional Synthesis
- Marine West Coast Forests Ecoregions
- Rocky Mountains Ecoregions
- Western Mountain Ranges Ecoregions
- Mediterranean California Ecoregions
- Cold Deserts Ecoregions
- Warm Deserts Ecoregions
- Appendixes (4)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Status and trends of land change in the Western United States--1973 to 2000 |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 1794 |
| Chapter | A |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp1794A |
| Year Published | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Western Geographic Science Center |
| Description | viii, 323 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Larger Work Title | Status and trends of land change in the United States--1973 to 2000 |
| Country | United States |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |