Human interactions with the Earth system : people and pixels revisited

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Description :
This paper evaluates the extent to which land-use-change studies based on linking remote sensing with socioeconomic data can provide reliable data, explanation and projections of future land use. It assesses how such studies might addess major theoretical questions in social and natural science such as those concerning the role of population or of institutions in land-use dynamics, or the detailed attribution of hazards to physical or social processes. In general, and using examples of research conducted in Mexico, the paper concludes that progress has been limited, because of factors that include the difficulties in gathering socio-economic information at global and regional scales, linking social data to satellite imagery, and forecasting human activities and policies.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Earth surface processes and landforms, issn : 0197-9337, 2008, vol. 33, n°. 9, p. 1458-1471, nombre de pages : 14, Références bibliographiques : 46 ref.

Date :
2008

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Chichester, Wiley