Effects of land markets and land management on ecosystem function: A framework for modelling exurban land-change

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-140

  Robinson, Derek T ^a   Sun, Shipeng ^a   Hutchins, Meghan ^b   Riolo, Rick L ^b   Brown, Daniel G ^b   Parker, Dawn C ^a   Filatova, Tatiana ^c   Currie, William S ^b   Kiger, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Carbon storage and flux; Exurban development; Land use and land cover change; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODELLING; CARBON STORAGE AND FLUXES; DESIGN AND APPLICATION; EXURBAN DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON; COMMERCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HOUSING; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

STORAGE MANAGEMENT;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MARKET SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

POACEAE;

EID: 84878252872     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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