Simulation models on human-nature interactions in urban landscapes: A review including spatial economics, system dynamics, cellular automata and agent-based approaches

Living Reviews in Landscape Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Haase, Dagmar ^a   Schwarz, Nina ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Causalities; Cellular automata; Feedback; Land use change; Review; Simulation models; System dynamics; Urban landscape

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

EID: 65349101176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18637329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12942/lrlr-2009-2     Document Type: Review

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