An Agent-based approach to model future residential pressure on a regional landscape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1237-1254

  Fontaine, Corentin M ^a   Rounsevell, Mark D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Household behaviours; Land use change; Location choices; Multi agent systems; Preferences; Regional landscape; Residential demand; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; HOMOGENEITY; HOUSING; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LOCATION DECISION; MODELING; REGIONAL PATTERN; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

EAST ANGLIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; NORWICH; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350349131     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9378-0     Document Type: Article

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