Modeling of Land-Use and Ecological Dynamics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Malkinson, Dan (Editor), Czamanski, Danny (Editor), Benenson, Itzhak (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Cities and Nature
• Subjects: Geography.; Computer simulation.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Ecosystems.; Nature conservation.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Nature Conservation.; Simulation and Modeling.

As cities are rapidly expanding and encroaching into agricultural and natural areas, a question of primary concern is how this expansion affects surrounding agriculture and natural landscapes. This book presents a wide spectrum of both theoretical and empirical approaches to simulation and assessmen...