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Cape Cod's Conversion: Changes in Land Use
As the population grew from less than 47 thousand in 1951 to more than 186 thousand in 1990, the conversion of land cover on Cape Cod has been dramatic.  The population has doubled since 1975, and the small peninsula is now a year-round home for more than 200 thousand people.

This rapid conversion of land cover due to the burgeoning population threatens environmental quality and could exacerbate the effects of climate change.

 
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Penn State University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Rhode Island, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science are collaborating with the U.S. EPA
and private and public stakeholders of the mid- and upper-Atlantic region. Support for CARA is provided by the Global Change Research Program,
Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Cooperative Agreement R-83053301).

Last updated:  Tuesday, December 13, 2005 7:17 PM