LUCC
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definition: The Land Use and Land Cover Change (LUCC) Project is a Programme Element of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) of the International Social Science Council (ISSC). This Core Project is an interdisciplinary programme aimed to improve understanding of land use and land cover change dynamics and their relationships with global environmental change. From inception, the planning and implementation of the project has actively engaged both the physical and social science communities. General objectives: - to obtain a better understanding of global land-use and land-cover driving forces. - to investigate and document temporal and geographical dynamics of land-use and land-cover. - to define the links between sustainability and various land uses. - to understand the inter-relationship between LUCC, biogeochemistry and climate. LUCC's three focus areas: - Focus 1: Land-use dynamics - comparative case study analysis - Focus 2: Land-cover dynamics - empirical observations and diagnostic models - Focus 3: Regional and global integrated models For more information visit the Land Use and Cover Change International Project Office site at: "http://www.icc.es/lucc/home.html" For more information on the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) see: "http://www.igbp.kva.se/" Contact: ------- LUCC International Project Office Institut Cartografic de Catalunya Parc de Montjuic E-08038 Barcelona Spain Tel: (+34-3) 425 2900 Fax: (+34-3) 426 7442 E-mail: lucc@icc.es URL: "http://www.icc.es/lucc"

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