Design of an agent-based model to examine population-environment interactions in Nang Rong District, Thailand

Applied Geography

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 183-198

  Walsh, Stephen J ^a,b   Malanson, George P ^c   Entwisle, Barbara ^b,d   Rindfuss, Ronald R ^b,d   Mucha, Peter J ^a   Heumann, Benjamin W ^e   McDaniel, Philip M ^d   Frizzelle, Brian G ^b   Verdery, Ashton M ^b,d   Williams, Nathalie E ^f   Yao, Xiaozheng ^b   Ding, Deng ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Model architecture; Northeastern Thailand; Population environment interactions; Social and land use module interactions; Spatial simulations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; EMPLOYMENT; GIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BURIRAM; NANG RONG; NORTHEASTERN REGION; THAILAND;

EID: 84873695996     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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