The use of land changes over time as both natural and man-made environments are
influenced by the pressures associated with the processes of development. The demand for …

Simulation models of land use predict or describe land-use change over space and time.
Recent overviews of land-use simulation models show an overwhelming amount of different …

Land use change models are tools to support the analysis of the causes and consequences
of land use dynamics. Scenario analysis with land use models can support land use …

This first chapter explains some of the basic theoretical ideas, concepts and methodologies
that underpin the modelling of land-use change. It represents an overview of the types of …

Land-use change is a key factor in the development of the human and physical environment.
Models of land-use change help understand this intricate system and can provide valuable …

Land Use and Land Cover Change (LUCC) is a central theme of global environmental
change research (Turner II 1994, Vitousek et al. 1997). The LUCC project of the International …

The PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has a long tradition in land-use
modelling. Indeed, the PBL has been putting spatially explicit models of land-use change …

Land use change modelling, especially if done in a spatially-explicit, integrated and multi-
scale manner, is an important technique for the projection of alternative pathways into the …

The decade since the initiation of the Land-Use/Cover Change (LUCC) project in 1995 (see
Chap. 1) has witnessed considerable advances in the field of modeling of land-use/cover …

This book provides an overview of recent developments and applications of the Land Use
Scanner model. Internationally recognized as among the best of its kind, this versatile model …