Can modelling enable us to understand the rôle of humans in landscape evolution?

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 659-674

  Wainwright, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Erosion; Geomorphology; Landform evolution; Modelling; Population change; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MODELING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOIL EROSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 39849106471     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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