Exploring complexity in a human-environment system: An agent-based spatial model for multidisciplinary and multiscale integration

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-79

  An, Li ^a,b   Linderman, Marc ^a   Qi, Jiaguo ^a   Shortridge, Ashton ^a   Liu, Jianguo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Complexity theory; Giant panda conservation; Household socioeconomics and demographics; Multidisciplinary and multiscale integration

Indexed keywords

FUELWOOD; METHODOLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; WOLONG NATURE RESERVE;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 27844489031     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2005.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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