Mind, the gap in landscape-evolution modelling

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 842-855

  Wainwright, John ^a   Millington, James D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Heuristic modelling; Human impacts; Land use change; Multidisciplinary; Policy related models; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; CENTRAL SPAIN; COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVES; DECADAL TIMESCALE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; FULLY INTEGRATED; GEOMORPHIC PROCESS; HOLOCENES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT; HUMAN IMPACTS; HUMAN INTERACTIONS; LAND-USE CHANGE; MODEL AGENTS; MODEL EVALUATION; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; SOIL CONDITIONS;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HEURISTICS; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY APPROACH; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WILDFIRE;

FRANCE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953167953     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2008     Document Type: Article

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