{"id":250,"date":"2016-07-01T01:12:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T00:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gem\/?page_id=250"},"modified":"2016-07-22T02:13:02","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T01:13:02","slug":"unit-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gem\/unit-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Unit 7: Land use\/cover"},"content":{"rendered":"

This section of the course looks at the ideas of land use and land cover, a key data set in environmental management and monitoring. We do not attempt to cover the remote sensing techniques that are required to produce a land cover data product, but rather focus on the ways that such data can then be analysed within a GIS. There are four components to this section of the course:<\/p>\n

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  1. Land use\/land cover concepts and data: This component looks at some key concepts underpinning land use \/ land cover mapping, as well as some specific sources and examples of land use \/ cover data products.<\/li>\n
  2. Land use\/cover change modelling: In this section, we look at techniques that can be used to model the processes of land use \/ cover change, such as the Markov chain modelling technique. This includes a GIS practical exercise.<\/li>\n
  3. Ecosystem services and land use \/ cover: In the final section, we look at the rapidly developing field of ecosystem services, and the inter-relationship between land use \/ cover, GIS analysis, and ecosystem services.<\/li>\n
  4. Assignment – conservation and fire risk: GIS, conservation and wildfire risk analysis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     
    \nThe final part of this unit includes an assessed piece of work that counts one third towards your overall course grade in this part of the course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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