Conceptualising the analysis of socio-ecological systems through ecosystem services and agent-based modeling

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 83-99

  Murray Rust, Dave ^a   Dendoncker, Nicolas ^a,b   Dawson, Terry P ^c   Acosta Michlik, Lilibeth ^a,d   Karali, Eleni ^a   Guillem, Eleonore ^e   Rounsevell, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Coupled human environmental system; Human environment interactions; LUCC; Socio ecological systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANNING METHOD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79957527183     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2011.558600     Document Type: Article

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