What We're Measuring

Curious Trends: Turf and Grass in a Steady State

Example: Loss of Turf and Grass due to new store and parking lot

Buckland Hills Mall, Manchester, CT

The white crosshairs are on the same location in all three images below. In 1995, the area was turf and grass and by 2002, a new store and parking lot had been built as indicated in red (developed) on the 2002 land cover map.

1995 Land Cover
2002 Land Cover
1999 High Resolution Satellite image for reference. The Buckland Mall is to the left of the crosshair surrounded by the kidney bean-shaped parking lot.