Land use/cover change (LUCC) is the foundation and frontier for integrating multiple land
surface processes. This paper aims to systematically review LUCC research from 1990 to …

Coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) manifest various complexities such as
heterogeneity, nonlinearity, feedback, and emergence. Humans play a critical role in …

The construction of polders in the coastal region of Bangladesh has significantly modified
the patterns of flooding, as well as leading to significant land use/land cover (hereinafter …

Land use/land cover (LULC) change models are powerful tools used to understand and
explain the causes and effects of LULC dynamics, and scenario-based analyses with these …

Agent-based models (ABMs) are increasingly recognized as valuable tools in modelling
human-environmental systems, but challenges and critics remain. One pressing challenge …

Interactions between humans and the environment are occurring on a scale that has never
previously been seen; the scale of human interaction with the water cycle, along with the …

While considerable progress has been made in understanding land use change, land
system science continues to face a number of grand challenges. This paper discusses these …

This book discusses the fundamentals of land-use and land-cover characterization,
map**, and monitoring using remote sensing technology. After covering the basic …

Concerns over rapid widespread changes in social-ecological systems and their
consequences for biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, food security, and human livelihoods …

Urbanization leads to a continuous loss of agricultural land, both directly under the form of
land take, and indirectly through the use of agricultural land for non-productive rural …