Modeling of Land-Use and Ecological Dynamics

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Malkinson, Dan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Czamanski, Danny (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Benenson, Itzhak (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Cities and Nature
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Introduction
• The Impact of Land-Use Policy on Urban Fringe Dynamics
• Long-Term Changes in Configuration of Agriculture and Natural Areas Around Cities in the Netherlands (1900 - 1990).- Investigating Land-Use Dynamics at the Periphery of a Fast-Growing City with Cellular Automata at Two Spatial Scales
• The Spatial Morphology of Oporto's Urban Fringe
• Vascular Plant Species Richness Patterns in Urban Environments - Case Studies from Hannover, Germany and Haifa, Israel
• Future Suburban Development and the Environmental Implications of Lawns: A Case Study in New England, USA.- Land Use-Land Cover Dynamics at the Metropolitan Fringe
• Lichens and Plants in Urban Environment.