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Socio-economic drivers of land-use change at several sites in the Plum Island Estuary LTER region

Main Points

Plum Island Estuary LTER

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

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Towns of Ipswich Watershed

Forest Change 1971 - 1999

Wall of Equations

Land Cover Change 1971 - 1999

Simulated and actual deforestation 1985-1991

Simulated versus actual deforestation 1985-1991

1951 Forest by town

1951 Forest (51% correct)

1951 Forest (54% correct)

1951 Forest (87% estimated correct)

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GEOMOD & MULTIVALIDATE in IDRISI32

Water quality versus land indices

Human Environment Regional Observatory

HERO Study Areas and LTER sites

REUs publish in professional peer-reviewed scientific journals

Massachusetts Watersheds

HERO-CM Large Window

HERO Small Window

Forest Change 1971-1999

Deforestation 2001

Former Forest 2002

Imminent Land Change?

Conservation Commission Meeting

Wetland?

Ken Chin’s Parking Lot 1

Ken Chin’s Parking Lot 2

Ken Chin’s Parking Lot 3

After

Before

Brownfields in Commercial/Industrial Areas

Known Brownfields (Large Study Area)

HEROs Working with the Mayor

Central Mass 1971

Central Mass 1999

Centre County PA 1972

Centre County PA 2002

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Author: Gil Pontius

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