土地利用/土地覆被变化(LUCC)是全球环境变化的重要组成部分和主要原因之一,进入新世纪以来,LUCC研究一直是地理学研究的前沿与热点。本文综述了2002年8月在南非德班国际地理学联合会(IGU)"2002年区域地理大会"上有关LUCC的主要研究成果,认为国际上LUCC研究在应用RS、GIS技术开展土地利用/土地覆被变化监测、评价与制图;农村与农业土地利用/土地覆被变化分析;城市土地利用/土地覆被变化分析;土地利用/土地覆被变化动力学;土地利用/土地覆被变化与生态环境等五个方面取得最新进展,反映出LUCC研究范围在进一步拓展,研究内容在进一步深化。

Land use and land cover change is one of the most important components and major causes to global environmental changes, and study on it has been the frontier all the while after entering the new millenniumThe paper reviewed firstly the major relevant research results of "Regional Geographical Conference of 2002"held by International Geographical Union(IGU)in Durban, South Africa in August this yearThen the authors put forward that the study on LUCC has made the most recent progresses in such five aspects: LUCC’s inspecting, assessing and mapping by means of using RS and GIS; analysing on countryside and agricultural land use/cover change;analysing on urban land use/cover change;the dynamics of land use/cover change and land use/cover change and eco environment. These aspects reflect that LUCC’s research scope is now extending and it’s research content deepening.