| The Heinz
Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystems |
| ecosystem: |
Urban and Suburban Areas |
| indicator Name: |
Area of Urban and Suburban
Lands, Composition of Undeveloped Urban/Suburban Lands, 1992 |
| page # in printed
report: |
181 |
| location on page: |
lower |
| data source: |
Multi-Resolution Land
Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium, USGS EROS Data Center. Coverage:
lower 48 states. |
| notes: |
please see technical
notes for further details on accessing these data from their original
source; this data table comes from a specific graphic in The State
of the Nation's Ecosystems report (www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems) |
| units: %
of urban/suburban land |
| |
Northeast |
South |
Midwest |
West |
| Forests |
13.8 |
11.6 |
7.7 |
4.5 |
| Grass/Shrublands |
3 |
2.2 |
0.9 |
13.2 |
| Croplands |
2 |
5 |
6.3 |
2.5 |
| Wetlands |
2.6 |
1.9 |
1 |
0.1 |
|