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For instance, the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana is one of the most vulnerable coastal areas. It faces severe long-term land loss that has disrupted the regional ecosystem balance during the past few decades. There is an urgent need to understand the land loss mechanism in coastal Louisiana and identify areas prone to land loss in the future. This study modeled the current and predicted the future land loss and identified natural\u2013human variables in the Louisiana Coastal Zone (LCZ) using remote sensing and machine-learning approaches. First, we analyzed the temporal and spatial land loss patterns from 2001 to 2016 in the study area. Second, logistic regression, extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), and random forest models with 15 human and natural variables were carried out during each five-year and the fifteen-year period to delineate the short- and long-term land loss mechanisms. Finally, we simulated the land-loss probability in 2031 using the optimal model. The results indicate that land loss patterns in different parts change through time at an overall decelerating speed. The oil and gas well density and subsidence rate were the most significant land loss drivers during 2001\u20132016. The simulation shows that a total area of 180 km2 of land has over a 50% probability of turning to water from 2016 to 2031. This research offers valuable information for decision-makers and local communities to prepare for future land cover changes, reduce potential risks, and efficiently manage the land restoration in coastal Louisiana.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14040896","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,13]],"date-time":"2022-02-13T20:34:45Z","timestamp":1644784485000},"page":"896","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Spatial\u2013Temporal Land Loss Modeling and Simulation in a Vulnerable Coast: A Case Study in Coastal Louisiana"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Mingzheng","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6206-3558","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lei","family":"Zou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6068-5150","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Heng","family":"Cai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6872-8837","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yi","family":"Qiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA"}]},{"given":"Binbin","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA"}]},{"given":"Bing","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6203-0959","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joynal","family":"Abedin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA"}]},{"given":"Debayan","family":"Mandal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"106991","DOI":"10.1016\/j.geomorph.2019.106991","article-title":"Modeling wetland transitions and loss in coastal Louisiana under scenarios of future relative sea-level rise","volume":"352","author":"Reed","year":"2019","journal-title":"Geomorphology"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"97","DOI":"10.2112\/SI63-009.1","article-title":"Land Loss Due to Recent Hurricanes in Coastal Louisiana, USA","volume":"63","author":"Kranenburg","year":"2013","journal-title":"J. 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