Using fuzzy cognitive maps to describe current system dynamics and develop land cover scenarios: A case study in the Brazilian Amazon

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-175

  Soler, Luciana S ^a   Kok, Kasper ^b   Camara, Gilberto ^a   Veldkamp, Antoine ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; deforestation; fuzzy cognitive maps; interactions; land cover change; scenarios

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LAND COVER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL;

EID: 84861644825     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2010.542495     Document Type: Article

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