Journal
JOURNAL OF LAND USE SCIENCE
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 59-80Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2013.841297
Keywords
agriculture; land-use change; change detection; satellite imagery; drivers of change
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- USGS Land Change Science and USGS Climate
- Land Use Change Research and Development programs
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Open access to Landsat satellite data has enabled annual analyses of modern land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) for the Central California Valley ecoregion between 2005 and 2010. Our annual LULCC estimates capture landscape-level responses to water policy changes, climate, and economic instability. From 2005 to 2010, agriculture in the region fluctuated along with regulatory-driven changes in water allocation as well as persistent drought conditions. Grasslands and shrublands declined, while developed lands increased in former agricultural and grassland/shrublands. Development rates stagnated in 2007, coinciding with the onset of the historic foreclosure crisis in California and the global economic downturn. We utilized annual LULCC estimates to generate interval-based LULCC estimates (2000-2005 and 2005-2010) and extend existing 27 year interval-based land change monitoring through 2010. Resulting change data provides insights into the drivers of landscape change in the Central California Valley ecoregion and represents the first, continuous, 37 year mapping effort of its kind.
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