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Methodology for Multi-Scale Land-Use Change Modelling: Concepts and Challenges

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Global Environmental Change and Land Use

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Land cover is defined as the layer of soils and biomass, including natural vegetation, crops and human structures that cover the land surface. Land use refers to the purposes for which humans exploit the land-cover (Fresco, 1994). Land-cover change is the complete replacement of one cover type by another, while land-use changes also include the modification of land-cover types, e.g., intensification of agricultural use, without changing its overall classification (Turner II et al., 1993).

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Verburg, P.H., de Groot, W.T., Veldkamp, A.J. (2003). Methodology for Multi-Scale Land-Use Change Modelling: Concepts and Challenges. In: Dolman, A.J., Verhagen, A., Rovers, C.A. (eds) Global Environmental Change and Land Use. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0335-2_2

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