Incorporating spatial complexity into economic models of land markets and land use change

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-340

  Chen, Yong ^a   Irwin, Elena G ^b   Jayaprakash, Ciriyam ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Heterogeneity; Land development; Spatial dynamics; Spatial interactions; Urban growth; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863230074     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500002811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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