We examined factors that affect the propagation of error in analyses of land-cover change classified from multi-temporal satellite imagery by simulating multiple versions of land-cover maps at two times, time-1 and time-2. The maps, each with two categories of land-cover, were produced to investigate three specific attributes that affect change-detection accuracy: (1) the pattern of… Continue reading Simulating error propagation in land-cover change analysis: The implications of temporal dependence
Keyword: Land-cover Change
Exurbia from the bottom-up: Confronting empirical challenges to characterizing a complex system
We describe empirical results from a multi-disciplinary project that support modeling complex processes of land-use and land-cover change in exurban parts of Southeastern Michigan. Based on two different conceptual models, one describing the evolution of urban form as a consequence of residential preferences and the other describing land-cover changes in an exurban township as a… Continue reading Exurbia from the bottom-up: Confronting empirical challenges to characterizing a complex system