Land-cover
From The Encyclopedia of Earth
(Redirected from Land-use)
April 14, 2009, 2:04 pm
Land-use and land-cover compared with ground observations of land. (Credit: Erle Ellis) Land-cover denotes the surface cover over land, including vegetation, rock and human-modified surfaces such as buildings. Land-cover is a characteristic of the land that can be observed physically, as by remote sensing. This is different than land-use, because a single land-cover type can be used in various ways by humans.
