Projection of the Spatially Explicit Land Use/Cover Changes in China, 2010–2100

Land use/cover change (LUCC) is an important part of the global environmental change. This study predicted the future structure of land use/cover on the basis of the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM) and an econometric model with the socioeconomic factors as the driving forces. The future spatia...

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Main Authors: Yongwei Yuan, Tao Zhao, Weimin Wang, Shaohui Chen, Feng Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/908307