Record Details

From land cover change to land function dynamics: a major challenge to improve land characterization

CGSpace

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title From land cover change to land function dynamics: a major challenge to improve land characterization
 
Creator Verburg, P.H.
Steeg, Jeannette van de
Veldkamp, A.
Willemen, L.
 
Description Jeannette van de Steeg is ILRI author
Land cover change has always had a central role in land change science. This central role is largely the result of the possibilities to map and characterize land cover based on observations and remote sensing. This paper argues that more attention should be given to land use and land functions and linkages between these. Consideration of land functions that provide a wide range of goods and services makes more integrated assessments of land change possible. The increasing attention to multifunctional land use is another incentive to develop methods to assess changes in land functions. A number of methods to quantify and map the spatial extent of land use and land functions are discussed and the implications for modeling are identified based on recent model approaches in land change science. The mixed use of land cover, land use and land function in maps and models leads to inconsistencies in land change assessments. Explicit attention to the non-linear relations between land cover, land use and land function is essential to consistently address land change. New methods to map and quantify land function dynamics will enhance our ability to understand and model land system change and adequately inform policies and planning.
 
Date 2010-01-13T13:33:34Z
2010-01-13T13:33:34Z
2009-03-15
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Verburg, P.H.; Steeg, J. van de, Veldkamp, A.; Willemen, L. 2009. From land cover change to land function dynamics: a major challenge to improve land characterization. Journal of Environmental Management. v. 90(3). p. 1327-1335.
http://hdl.handle.net/10568/406
 
Language en
 
Source Journal of Environmental Management