Changing crops in response to climate: Virtual Nang Rong, Thailand in an agent based simulation

Applied Geography

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 202-212

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Bounded rationality; Climate change; Endogenous dynamics; Land use change; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; CASSAVA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; LAND USE CHANGE; RICE; SUGAR CANE;

BURIRAM; NANG RONG; NORTHEASTERN REGION; THAILAND;

EID: 84904103941     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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