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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

While considerable progress has been made in understanding land use change, land
system science continues to face a number of grand challenges. This paper discusses these …

This paper introduces some of the issues that are relevant to the spatially explicit modeling
of land use systems. A short overview is given of the ways and means in which a number of …

Land-change models are increasingly used to explore land-change dynamics, as well as for
policy analyses and scenario studies. In this paper we review calibration and validation …

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 …