Predicting land use change: Comparison of models based on landowner surveys and historical land cover trends

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-210

  Pocewicz, Amy ^a,b   Nielsen Pincus, Max ^a   Goldberg, Caren S ^a   Johnson, Melanie H ^a   Morgan, Penelope ^a   Force, Jo Ellen ^a   Waits, Lisette P ^a   Vierling, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Alternative futures; Conservation Reserve Program; Forestry; Markov chain modeling; Northern Idaho; Residential development; Survey based modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDOWNERSHIP; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY MAKING; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATION; THINNING;

EID: 38649117925     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9159-6     Document Type: Article

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