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<b>Land cover</b> is the physical material at the surface of the earth. Land covers include grass, asphalt, trees, bare ground, water, etc. There are two primary methods for capturing information on land cover: field survey and through analysis of remotely sensed imagery. The nature of land cover is discussed in Comber et al., (2005). What is land cover? <i>Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design</i>, 32:199-209. |
<b>Land cover</b> is the physical material at the surface of the earth. Land covers include grass, asphalt, trees, bare ground, water, etc. There are two primary methods for capturing information on land cover: field survey and through analysis of remotely sensed imagery. The nature of land cover is discussed in Comber et al., (2005). What is land cover? <i>Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design</i>, 32:199-209. |
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Land cover is distinct from <a href="/wiki/Land_use" title="Land use">land use |
Land cover is distinct from <a href="/wiki/Land_use" title="Land use">land use</a> despite the two terms often being used interchangeably. Land use is a description of how people <i>utilize</i> the land and socio-economic activity. Urban and agricultural land uses are two of the most commonly recognised high-level classes of use. There may be multiple and alternate land uses, the specification of which may have a political dimension. |
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The origins of the ‘land cover / land use’ couplet are and the implications of their confusion are discussed in Fisher et al (2005), Land use and Land cover: Contradiction or Complement. Pp. 85-98 in <i> Re-Presenting GIS </i>, (eds. Peter Fisher, David Unwin), Wiley, Chichester. |
The origins of the ‘land cover / land use’ couplet are and the implications of their confusion are discussed in Fisher et al (2005), Land use and Land cover: Contradiction or Complement. Pp. 85-98 in <i> Re-Presenting GIS </i>, (eds. Peter Fisher, David Unwin), Wiley, Chichester. |
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Land cover is the physical material at the surface of the earth. Land covers include grass, asphalt, trees, bare ground, water, etc. There are two primary methods for capturing information on land cover: field survey and through analysis of remotely sensed imagery. The nature of land cover is discussed in Comber et al., (2005). What is land cover? Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 32:199-209.
Land cover is distinct from <a href="/wiki/Land_use" title="Land use">land use</a> despite the two terms often being used interchangeably. Land use is a description of how people utilize the land and socio-economic activity. Urban and agricultural land uses are two of the most commonly recognised high-level classes of use. There may be multiple and alternate land uses, the specification of which may have a political dimension.
The origins of the ‘land cover / land use’ couplet are and the implications of their confusion are discussed in Fisher et al (2005), Land use and Land cover: Contradiction or Complement. Pp. 85-98 in Re-Presenting GIS , (eds. Peter Fisher, David Unwin), Wiley, Chichester.