Transportation infrastructure affects the structure of ecosystems, the dynamics of ecosystem
function, and has direct effects on ecosystem components, including their species …

Land-use change models are used by researchers and professionals to explore the
dynamics and drivers of land-use/land-cover change and to inform policies affecting such …

Urbanisation is one of the major driving forces behind the formation of today's land use
systems. It almost always involves the conversion of land use from non-urban to urban uses …

The wildland–urban interface (WUI) is the area where houses meet or intermingle with
undeveloped wildland vegetation. The WUI is thus a focal area for human–environment …

The Land Transformation Model (LTM), which couples geographic information systems (GIS)
with artificial neural networks (ANNs) to forecast land use changes, is presented here. A …

抄録< jats: p> With land planning, socioeconomics and natural systems as foundations, this
book combines urban planning and ecological science in examining urban regions. Writing …

Low‐density rural home development is the fastest‐growing form of land use in the United
States since 1950. This “exurban” development (∼ 6–25 homes/km2) includes urban fringe …

Protected areas are crucial for biodiversity conservation because they provide safe havens
for species threatened by land-use change and resulting habitat loss. However, protected …

In the United States, citizens, policy makers, and natural resource managers alike have
become concerned about urban sprawl, both locally and nationally. Most assessments of …

The pervasive influence of island biogeography theory on forest fragmentation research has
often led to a misleading conceptualization of landscapes as areas of forest/habitat and 'non …