<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "The LUC Approach to Creating a Continental-Scale Land-Cover Database for Russia"^^ . "Land cover is an essential surface characteristic of the Earth. Yet -- this may come as a surprise -- there is no generally accepted, complete and universal land-cover product for Russia, as is the problem in many other parts of the world. A review of global land-cover databases concluded that one of the most pressing problems in global climate and ecosystem studies is a lack of adequate land-cover data. This may explain why land-cover mapping often leads to debate over classification schemes, use of class descriptors and labels, and product specifications. Land-use and land-cover information is required in various forms and at different scales. A variety of techniques are in current use to collect the necessary data, ranging from census studies, ground observations, to remotely sensed data. The methodological plurality has also resulted in a widely diverse number of methods to store and present these data. In view of this unsatisfactory situation, FAO and UNEP, with the support of UNESCO and a number of other organizations, have launched an initiative on harmonizing and standardizing land-use and land-cover classification systems. \r\n\r\nAnother major effort has been launched by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), to serve the needs of the global environmental change research community. The IGBP-DIS Global 1 km Land-cover Project is currently underway. The project is primarily relying on NOAA AVHRR data and aims to develop and distribute a global data-set representing land-cover in terms of seventeen broad classes. \r\n\r\nBeing aware of these efforts, and aiming to be consistent with and useful to the international research community, the Land-Use Change (LUC) project at IIASA decided at an early stage to be in active contact with the research groups charged with harmonizing land-use and land-cover classifications, to use their methods and standards as they would emerge. Consequently, as regards land-cover database development, the main task of the LUC project was defined as: (i) producing a complete list of land-cover categories in Europe and Northern Asia based on available national-level data sources, and (ii) which would correspond to the diversity of land-use and land-cover of this huge territory. Charged with this task, it was necessary to develop a framework allowing to concentrate the project's efforts on these problems. \r\n\r\nThe objective of this paper is to present an outline and rationale of the methodology for elaborating the project's land-cover database. Comprising the major portion of the study region, the approach has been developed on the basis of Russian experience."^^ . "1995-12" . . . "WP-95-129"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "V."^^ . "Roshkov"^^ . "V. Roshkov"^^ . . "V."^^ . "Stolbovoi"^^ . "V. Stolbovoi"^^ . . "I.Y."^^ . "Savin"^^ . "I.Y. Savin"^^ . . "G."^^ . "Fischer"^^ . "G. Fischer"^^ . . . . . . "The LUC Approach to Creating a Continental-Scale Land-Cover Database for Russia (Text)"^^ . . . "WP-95-129.pdf"^^ . . . "The LUC Approach to Creating a Continental-Scale Land-Cover Database for Russia (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "The LUC Approach to Creating a Continental-Scale Land-Cover Database for Russia (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "The LUC Approach to Creating a Continental-Scale Land-Cover Database for Russia (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "The LUC Approach to Creating a Continental-Scale Land-Cover Database for Russia (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "The LUC Approach to Creating a Continental-Scale Land-Cover Database for Russia (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "The LUC Approach to Creating a Continental-Scale Land-Cover Database for Russia (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "WP-95-129.pdf"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #4469 \n\nThe LUC Approach to Creating a Continental-Scale Land-Cover Database for Russia\n\n" . "text/html" . .