Application of multi-agent models to urban expansion in medium and small cities: A case study in Fuyang City, Zhejiang Province, China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 754-764

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Wang, Ke ^a   Song, Gengxin ^a   Zhang, Zhongchu ^b   Chen, Xinming ^c   Yu, Zhoulu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ningbo Municipal Bureau of National Land and Resource   (China)

^c Land Consolidation Center in Zhejiang Province   (China)

Author keywords

Fuyang City; Game theory; Medium and small cities; Multi agent system; Urban expansion

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; GIS; POLICY MAKING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL PLANNING; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; FUYANG; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84901231904     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-013-0636-3     Document Type: Article

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