A systematic method for generating land use patterns using stochastic rules and basic landscape characteristics: Results for a Colombian hillside watershed

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 427-441

  Luijten, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Land cover; Land use change; Landscape pattern; Markov process; Scenario

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MARKOV CHAIN; STOCHASTICITY; WATERSHED;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0037405492     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00219-0     Document Type: Article

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