Population data represent an essential component in studies focusing on human–nature
interrelationships, disaster risk assessment and environmental health. Several recent efforts …

We highlight the complexity of land-use/cover change and propose a framework for a more
general understanding of the issue, with emphasis on tropical regions. The review …

Land is the stage on which all human activity is being conducted and the source of the
materials needed for this conduct. Human use of land resources gives rise to “land use” …

The term'natural disaster'is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes,
hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase'natural disaster'suggests an uncritical acceptance …

Land change science has emerged as a fundamental component of global environmental
change and sustainability research. This interdisciplinary field seeks to understand the …

The interactions between environmental change and human societies have a long, complex
history spanning many millennia, but these have changed fundamentally in the last century …

Efforts to develop a global understanding of the functioning of the Earth as a system began
in the mid-1980s. This effort necessitated linking knowledge from both the physical and …

Raging floods, massive storms and cataclysmic earthquakes: every year up to 340 million
people are affected by these and other disasters, which cause loss of life and damage to …

This paper analyzes quantification error versus location error in a comparison between two
cellular maps that show a categorical variable. Quantification error occurs when the quantity …

Scientists need a better and larger set of tools to validate land-use change models, because
it is essential to know a model's prediction accuracy. This paper describes how to use the …