The impact of risk-taking attitudes on a land use pattern: An agent-based model of residential development

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 215-232

  Ligmann Zielinska, Arika ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent behavior; Agent based model; Landscape fragmentation; Utility heuristics

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

EID: 77951758166     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17474230903220386     Document Type: Article

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