Land Use Change - Student Resources

 

Let's Go to the Mall!
Google Earth file: Madison Square Mall Area.kml

What's Hot at the Mall?
Google Earth file: Madison Square Mall.kml

Urban Heat Islands
Video Clip: Urban Heat Island Effect – Mitigation (mp4)
Heat Island Reduction Activities (PDF)

Atlanta Case Study
Sketch of an urban heat-island profile
Thermal Data Images
Land Use Classification Maps
Google Earth file: Downtown Atlanta.kml
Google Earth file: Suburban Atlanta.kml
Google Earth file: Atlanta Area.kml
Here Comes Urban Heat (PDF)
Keeping New York City "Cool" is the Job of NASA's "Heat Seekers" (PDF)
Green Roofs (PDF)

Exploring the Mall Areas of the Lehigh Valley Area
Google Earth file: Lehigh Valley Area.kml
Google Earth file: Lehigh Valley Area Malls.kml

Identifying Land Features in the Lehigh Valley Area
Google Earth file: Lehigh Valley Features.kml

Lehigh Earth System Science Education Remote Sensing Web site
http://www.ei.lehigh.edu/esse/rs/
Land Cover Classification (PDF)

Mystery Landsat Images
Mystery Image Pairs

Land Use Change
Land Use Change Images
Land Cover Change (PDF)

Where Should We Build The New Wal-Mart Supercenter?
Wal-Mart sites.kml

Proposal Statement Rubric - Proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter (PDF / MS Word)

Proposal Presentation Rubric - Proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter (PDF / MS Word)