Effects of alternative developer Decision-Making models on the production of ecological subdivision designs: Experimental results from an agent-based model

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 907-927

  Magliocca, Nicholas R ^a   Brown, Daniel G ^b   McConnell, Virginia D ^a,c   Nassauer, Joan I ^b   Elizabeth Westbrook, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling (ABM); Development process; Environmental design; Housing; Land use

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND MARKET; LAND USE PLANNING; MODELING; OPEN SPACE; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DESIGN;

EID: 84904721097     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: 14723417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b130118p     Document Type: Article

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