Land Use Simulation for Europe
. Ed(S): Stillwell, John; Scholten, Henk J.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Stillwell, John; Scholten, Henk J. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; JHBC; KC; RG; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 519.
Land use change is driven by a variety of forces, including spatial policies formulated at supra-national, national, regional and local levels. The main focus of this book is to contextualise, explain and illustrate a new methodology for simulating land use change in different parts of Europe. It considers some of the more important causal factors and identifies state-of-the-art approaches to modelling human and environmental systems, and for evaluating and visualising altenative scenarios. The last part of the volume presents material from two case studies, one from The Netherlands and one from Portugal, of the implementation of a new simulation model ... Read more
Land use change is driven by a variety of forces, including spatial policies formulated at supra-national, national, regional and local levels. The main focus of this book is to contextualise, explain and illustrate a new methodology for simulating land use change in different parts of Europe. It considers some of the more important causal factors and identifies state-of-the-art approaches to modelling human and environmental systems, and for evaluating and visualising altenative scenarios. The last part of the volume presents material from two case studies, one from The Netherlands and one from Portugal, of the implementation of a new simulation model ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Series
Geojournal Library
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401038959
SKU
V9789401038959
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