1. Land use and land cover change: a driving force in affecting global climate Daniel L. Civco, Professor of Geomatics Natural Resources Management and Engineering Director, Center for Land use Education and Resarch Climate Change: Science, Policy and Strategies for Life in a Changing World November 1, 2007 Climate Change: Science, Policy and Strategies for Life in a Changing World November 1, 2007

2. What is Global Warming?

3. IPCC Predicts 2 to 6 o C ↑ Over Next Century

4. Cars, factories, and other anthropogenic sources  greenhouse gases  0.6 to 0.9 o C ↑ over past century

5. Cars, factories, and other anthropogenic sources

6. Atlanta: Daytime Thermal View of the Heat Island

7. Baltimore - Washington: 200 Years of Urban Growth

8. The Connecticut Landscape In the beginning, there was forest...

9. After near total conversion to farmland, much forest has returned... The Connecticut Landscape

10. Now, farm and forest are being converted to developed land, particularly subdivisions. The Connecticut Landscape

11. Is sprawl our future? The Connecticut Landscape

12. Landsat TM Apr. 26, 1985 Landsat TM Aug. 30, 1990 Landsat TM Aug. 28, 1995 Landsat ETM Sep. 9, 2002 East Hartford and Manchester Area Satellite Remote Sensing Images

13. Land Use Change in East Hartford and Manchester Area 1985 Utility Barren Tidal Wet. For Wet. Non-for Wet. Water Coniferous Deciduous Agr & Other Turf & Grass Developed Land Cover Class Land Use and Land Cover

14. Land Use Change in East Hartford and Manchester Area 1990 Utility Barren Tidal Wet. For Wet. Non-for Wet. Water Coniferous Deciduous Agr & Other Turf & Grass Developed Land Cover Class Land Use and Land Cover

15. Land Use Change in East Hartford and Manchester Area 1995 Utility Barren Tidal Wet. For Wet. Non-for Wet. Water Coniferous Deciduous Agr & Other Turf & Grass Developed Land Cover Class Land Use and Land Cover

16. Land Use Change in East Hartford and Manchester Area 2002 Utility Barren Tidal Wet. For Wet. Non-for Wet. Water Coniferous Deciduous Agr & Other Turf & Grass Developed Land Cover Class Land Use and Land Cover

17. The Lights of Earth DMSP Satellite Imagery Provides an Indicator of Urban Extent

18. Five-Year Average Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2006

19. The Dynamics of Global Urban Expansion UConn Research Sponsored by The World Bank and NSF

20. Houston, Texas 64 km Houston December 1990 Houston October 1999 Houston December 1990 Houston October 1999 Houston Urban Growth: December-October 1999 29 % Total / 3.3 % Per Annum Urban Growth

21. Leipzig, Germany 16 km Leipzig July 1989 Leipzig September 1999 Leipzig July 1989 Leipzig September 1999 Leipzig Urban Growth: July 1989–September 1999 104 % Total / 10.2 % Per Annum Urban Growth

22. Yiyang, China Yiyang July 1994 Yiyang September 1999 Yiyang July 1994 Yiyang September 1999 16 km Yiyang Urban Growth: July 1994–September 1999 104 % Total / 20.1 % Per Annum Urban Growth

23. Yulin, China Yulin October 1991 Yulin October 2000 Yulin October 1991 Yulin October 2000 Yulin Urban Growth: October 1991-October 2000 142 % Total / 15.8 % Per Annum 16 km Urban Growth

24. Urban Growth  ↑ Greenhouse Gases and Thermal Capacity  ↑ Global Temperature 2020 - 20292090 - 2099

25. DMSP Satellite Imagery Provides an Indicator of Urban Extent The Lights of Earth

26. Land use and land cover change: a driving force in affecting global climate Daniel L. Civco, Professor of Geomatics Natural Resources Management and Engineering Director, Center for Land use Education and Resarch Climate Change: Science, Policy and Strategies for Life in a Changing World November 1, 2007 Climate Change: Science, Policy and Strategies for Life in a Changing World November 1, 2007