Evaluating Dominant Land Use/Land Cover Changes and Predicting Future Scenario in a Rural Region Using a Memoryless Stochastic Method

Evaluating Dominant Land Use/Land Cover Changes and Predicting Future Scenario in a Rural Region Using a Memoryless Stochastic Method

The present study used the official Portuguese land use/land cover (LULC) maps (<i>Carta de </i><i>Uso</i><i> e </i><i>Ocupação</i><i> do Solo</i>, COS) from 1995, 2007, 2010, 2015, and 2018 to quantify, visualize, and predict the spatiotem...

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Main Authors: Cláudia M. Viana, Jorge Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
landscape pattern
transition matrix
systematic processes
change detection
Discrete-Time Markov Chains
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/10/4332

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