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nlcd-new-urbanization·dataset

New US Urban Growth, 2001-2021

NLCD Urbanization
land NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. Highlights where new development and city growth spread across the United States between 2001 and 2021, showing land newly converted to urban use.

How it's made. Built from the National Land Cover Database, which classifies satellite imagery into land-cover types and tracks changes.

How & where you'd use it. Shows planners and researchers where sprawl and urbanization are expanding.

What's measured

nlcdnewurbanization

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2001-01-01 → 2021-01-01
  • Spatial extent-145.433, 16.061, -48.786, 48.953
  • FormatsCOG

What you can do with it

  • Track deforestation, fire scars and land-cover change
  • Monitor crop and vegetation health (NDVI/EVI)
  • Map how built-up vs. green an area is over time
Official description

National Land Cover Database Land Use Land Cover Classification new urbanization 2001-2021

Get the data

veda_access.py
# NASA VEDA — open STAC API, anonymous (cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://openveda.cloud/api/stac")
col = cat.get_collection("nlcd-new-urbanization")
items = list(col.get_items())          # browse the analysis-ready COGs
# open an asset with rioxarray:
# import rioxarray; da = rioxarray.open_rasterio(items[0].assets["cog_default"].href)
NASA VEDA is an open STAC catalog — browse and stream the cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs anonymously (no login).