Urban ecological security assessment and forecasting, based on a cellular automata model: A case study of Guangzhou, China

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3612-3620

  Gong, Jian zhou ^a,b   Liu, Yan sui ^b   Xia, Bei cheng ^c   Zhao, Guan wei ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment; CA; Forecasting; Guangzhou; Urban ecological security

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; CA; CA MODEL; CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODELS; CURRENT TRENDS; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ECOLOGICAL PROTECTION; ECOLOGICAL SECURITY; FORECASTING MODELS; GUANGZHOU; GUANGZHOU , CHINA; INTEGRAL PART; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTIC; LANDSCAPE PATTERN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; SIMULATION ACCURACY; SPATIAL DATA; TRANSFORMATION RULES; URBAN ECOLOGICAL SECURITY; URBAN LANDSCAPE;

AUTOMATA THEORY; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SIMULATORS; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES); URBAN PLANNING;

SECURITY OF DATA;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DATA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 70449513380     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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