Modeling the spatial pattern of land-use change with GEOMOD2: Application and validation for Costa Rica

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 191-203

  Pontius Jr , R Gil ^a   Cornell, Joseph D ^b   Hall, Charles A S ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

GEOMOD; GIS model; Kappa; Land use; Simulation; Validation

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0343724636     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00183-9     Document Type: Article

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