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Modelling Land-Use Change

Progress and Applications

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Editors:
  1. Eric Koomen

    1. Department of Spatial Economics/SPINlab, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. John Stillwell

    1. School of Geography, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

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  3. Aldrik Bakema

    1. Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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  4. Henk J. Scholten

    1. Department of Spatial Economics/SPINlab, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  • Full cross-sectional overview of current research progress in land-use modelling, ranging from methodology and model calibration to applications of policy implementation and evaluation
  • Combination of academic and applied research contributions
  • International mix of theoretical and practical perspectives in different case-study perspectives
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 90)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Modelling land-use change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Modelling Land-Use Change

      • E. Koomen, J. Stillwell
      Pages 1-22

  3. Analysis of land-use trends and their driving forces

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Land-Use Change at Cadastral Parcel Level in Albania

      • L.J.M. Jansen, G. Carrai, M. Petri
      Pages 25-44

    3. Driving Forces of Landscape Change in The Urbanizing Limmat Valley, Switzerland

      • A.M. Hersperger, M. Bürgi
      Pages 45-60

    4. Landscape Changes in the Israeli Carmel Area

      • M. Sonis, M. Shoshany, N. Goldshlager
      Pages 61-82

    5. New Land-Use Development Processes Associated with the Acceleration of Urbanisation in China

      • Z.-G. Wu, S.-H. Zhou, C.-C. Feng
      Pages 83-95

  4. Explanatory models of land-use change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 96-96
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    2. Driving Forces of Land-Use Change in a Cultural Landscape of Spain

      • J. Peña, A. Bonet, J. Bellot, J.R. Sánchez, D. Eisenhuth, S. Hallett et al.
      Pages 97-116

    3. Empirically Derived Probability Maps to Downscale Aggregated Land-Use Data

      • N. Dendoncker, P. Bogaert, M. Rounsevell
      Pages 117-132

    4. A Spatial Interaction Model for Agricultural Uses

      • J. Gonçalves, T. Dentinho
      Pages 133-145

  5. Optimisation modelling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 146-146
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    2. Spatial Optimisation in Land-Use Allocation Problems

      • W. Loonen, P. Heuberger, M. Kuijpers-Linde
      Pages 147-165

    3. Sustainable Land-Use and Water Management in Mountain Ecosystems

      • S.K. Mandal
      Pages 167-180

    4. Geneticland: Modelling Land-Use Change Using Evolutionary Algorithms

      • J. Seixas, J.P. Nunes, P. Lourenço, J. Corte-Real
      Pages 181-197

  6. Incorporation of new modelling approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 198-198
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    2. Microsimulation of Metropolitan Employment Deconcentration

      • D. Felsenstein, E. Ashbel, A. Ben-Nun
      Pages 199-218

    3. Simulation of Polycentric Urban Growth Dynamics Through Agents

      • W. Loibl, T. Tötzer, M. Köstl, K. Steinnocher
      Pages 219-236

    4. Puma: Multi-Agent Modelling of Urban Systems

      • D. Ettema, K. de Jong, H. Timmermans, A. Bakema
      Pages 237-258
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About this book

Models of land-use change incorporate a vast amount of knowledge from a wide range of disciplines. Geography contributes to the understanding of land-use change whilst demography and economics help explain underlying trends. This book offers a cross-sectional overview of current research progress that allows the construction of successful land-use models. The contributions range from methodology and calibration to actual applications in studies of recent policy implementation and evaluation. The contributors originate from academic and applied research institutes around the world and thus offer an interesting mix of theory and practice in different case study contexts. In summary, land-use change simulation modelling is a relatively new and dynamic field of study and this book provides a full overview of the topic, a wide range of applications (both geographically and thematically), a mix of theory and practice, a synthesis of recent research progress, and educational material for students and teachers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Spatial Economics/SPINlab, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Eric Koomen, Henk J. Scholten

  • School of Geography, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    John Stillwell

  • Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

    Aldrik Bakema

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