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Major Changes in Land-Use/Land-Cover on New Island From 1937-1998
The terms land-cover and land-use are often used together to classify earth’s surface features that are depicted in aerial photographs. Land-cover describes the features that are found on earth’s surface such as water bodies, forests, and grasslands. Land-use is the human activity that is associated with these features such as urban or agricultural land (Anderson, 1976). Aerial photographs from 1937 and 1998 show very different land-use and land-cover patterns on New Island. This study will identify these uses and show how the uses on and around New Island have changed over the past 60 years.
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(Click on the map to see the actual aerial photo of New Island for that year.)
The maps of land-use/land-cover changes on New Island from 1937 to 1998 show how the island has experienced secondary succession over the 60+ year period. What was once agricultural land, changed first to grasses and scrub shrubs, and is forested land today.
