Land Change Science Observing, Monitoring and Understanding Trajecto

This volume is a synthesis of the NASA funded work under the Land-Cover and Land-Use Change Program. Hundreds of scientists have worked for the past eight years to understand one of the most important forces that is changing our planet-human impacts on la

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Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing VOLUME 6 Series Editor: Freek D. van der Meer, Department of Earth Systems Analysis, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands & Department of Geotechnology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Technical University Delft, The Netherlands Editorial Advisory Board: Michael Abrams, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A. Paul Curran, Department of Geography, University of Southampton, U.K. Arnold Dekker, CSIRO, Land and Water Division, Canberra, Australia Steven M. de Jong, Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Michael Schaepman, Centre for Geo-Information, Wageningen UR, The Netherlands

The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.

LAND CHANGE SCIENCE Observing, Monitoring and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth’s Surface Edited by

GARIK GUTMAN NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

ANTHONY C. JANETOS The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment, Washintgon, DC, U.S.A.

CHRISTOPHER O. JUSTICE University of Maryland, College Park, MD, U.S.A.

EMILIO F. MORAN Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.

JOHN F. MUSTARD Brown University, Providence, RI, U.S.A.

RONALD R. RINDFUSS University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.

DAVID SKOLE Michigan State University, East Lansing, MA, U.S.A.

BILLY LEE TURNER II Clark University, Worcester, MA, U.S.A. and

MARK A. COCHRANE Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A.

Editors Dr. Garik Gutman NASA Headquarters Washington, DC, USA

Anthony C. Janetos The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment Washington, DC, USA

Christopher O. Justice University of Maryland College Park, MD, USA

Dr. Emilio F. Moran Indiana University Bloomington, IN, USA

John F. Mustard Brown University Providence, RI, USA

Ronald R. Rindfuss University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

David Skole Michigan State University East Lansing, MA, USA

Billy Lee Turner II Clark University Worcester, MA, USA

Mark A. Cochrane Michigan State University East Lansing, MI, USA

ISSN 1567-3200 e-ISBN 978-1-4020-2562-4 ISBN 978-94-007-4306-9 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-2562-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2012933793 © Springer Science +Business Media B.V. 2004, Corrected printing 2012 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

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