Coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) manifest various complexities such as
heterogeneity, nonlinearity, feedback, and emergence. Humans play a critical role in …

There are three main objectives of this monograph:(i) to provide an introduction to
geographical information technology along with an historical perspective on the evolving …

Various tools and methods are used in participatory modelling, at different stages of the
process and for different purposes. The diversity of tools and methods can create challenges …

Urban land-use change is affected by urban planning and government decision-making.
Previous urban simulation methods focused only on planning constraints that prevent urban …

Spatially land use models are indispensable for sustainable land use planning. This study
demonstrates a combined Markov–Cellular Automata model to analyze temporal change …

Geographical data are used in so many aspects of our lives today, ranging from disaster
relief operations through to finding directions on our mobile phones. We can all be data …

This book provides a comprehensive discussion on urban growth and sprawl, and how they
can be analyzed using remote sensing imageries. It compiles views of numerous …

In recent years, cellular automata (CA) models for urban growth simulation have proliferated
because of their simplicity, flexibility and intuitiveness, and particularly because of their …

Firstly, this paper analyzes the basic principles and processes of the spatial pattern changes
of land use in towns and villages, and the result shows that the land resource demands of …

This article presents an overview of multi-agent system models of land-use/cover change
(MAS/LUCC models). This special class of LUCC models combines a cellular landscape …