Vegetation Disturbance in Australian Coal Mining Areas from 1988 to 2024

A geospatial dataset tracks the historical footprint of vegetation disturbance in surface coal mining areas across Australia from 1988 to 2024. The dataset is 2.9 MB in size and was authored by Yaling Xu. It was last updated on April 27, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial extent of vegetation loss based on the historical footprint data
• Monitor changes in land cover over time based on the 36-year time range
• Assess the environmental impact of surface coal mining activities across Australia

Strengths

• Provides a 36-year time series from 1988 to 2024
• Focuses on a specific land-use activity (surface coal mining) across a defined geography (Australia)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

figshare

Time Range

1988 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 07:28:33; freshness should be verified

Geography

Australia