A major shift in U.S. land development avoids significant losses in forest and agricultural land

Land development, which typically results from the conversion of lands previously in agricultural and forest uses, is one of the most fundamental ways in which humans impact the natural environment. We study the remarkable decline in land development rates across the conterminous United States over...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Daniel P Bigelow, David J Lewis, Christopher Mihiar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac4537