Data release for the Historical land use and land cover for assessing the northern Colorado Front Range urban landscape
The dataset was generated to describe historical land-use and land-cover (LULC)for the northern Colorado urban Front
Range (which includes the cities of Boulder, Fort Collins, Greeley, and Denver) for an area covering approximately
1,023,660 hectares. The Front Range urban landscape is diverse and interspersed with highly productive agriculture
as well as natural land cover types including evergreen forest in the Rocky Mountain foothills and Great Plains
grassland. To understand the dynamics of urban growth, raster maps were created at a 1-meter resolution for each of
four time steps, nominally 1937, 1957, 1977, and 1997. In total, 8 to 38 LULC classes were identified using manual
interpretation techniques, aerial photographs, historical maps, and other available information. The maps provide high
resolution spatial data for understanding the historical progression of urbanization and will allow further analysis
of the effects of urban growth on social and ecological systems.
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[ "010:12" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "Mark A. Drummond", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:madrummond@usgs.gov" } |
| description | The dataset was generated to describe historical land-use and land-cover (LULC)for the northern Colorado urban Front Range (which includes the cities of Boulder, Fort Collins, Greeley, and Denver) for an area covering approximately 1,023,660 hectares. The Front Range urban landscape is diverse and interspersed with highly productive agriculture as well as natural land cover types including evergreen forest in the Rocky Mountain foothills and Great Plains grassland. To understand the dynamics of urban growth, raster maps were created at a 1-meter resolution for each of four time steps, nominally 1937, 1957, 1977, and 1997. In total, 8 to 38 LULC classes were identified using manual interpretation techniques, aerial photographs, historical maps, and other available information. The maps provide high resolution spatial data for understanding the historical progression of urbanization and will allow further analysis of the effects of urban growth on social and ecological systems. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_5b58ce28e4b05cbf87c9478b |
| keyword |
[ "Denver, Colorado", "Fort Collins, Colorado", "USGS:5b58ce28e4b05cbf87c9478b", "front range", "historical land cover", "land change", "land cover", "land cover change", "land transformations", "land use", "land use change", "northern Colorado", "northern Colorado Front Range", "urban land change", "west central US", "west central United States" ] |
| modified | 2020-08-20T00:00:00Z |
| publisher |
{ "name": "U.S. Geological Survey", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial | -105.3833, 39.1244, -104.6167, 40.6250 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | Data release for the Historical land use and land cover for assessing the northern Colorado Front Range urban landscape |
