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Land Use Change

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 (GIF)
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)

Land Use Change - Rubrics

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