Effects of farmers' decisions on the landscape structure of a Dutch rural region: An agent-based approach

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-110

  Valbuena, Diego ^a   Verburg, Peter H ^a,b   Veldkamp, A ^a   Bregt, Arnold K ^a   Ligtenberg, Arend ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Decision making; Land use change; Regional scenarios; Rural change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; RURAL AREAS; SIMULATION PLATFORM;

AGENT-BASED APPROACH; AGENT-BASED MODELLING; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESS; FUTURE RESPONSE; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; REGIONAL LANDSCAPES; REGIONAL SCENARIOS;

DECISION MAKING;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; FARMERS ATTITUDE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77955052901     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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