The study of slums as social and physical constructs: Challenges and emerging research opportunities

R Mahabir, A Crooks, A Croitoru… - Regional Studies …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Over 1 billion people currently live in slums, with the number of slum dwellers only expected
to grow in the coming decades. The vast majority of slums are located in and around urban …

A critical review of high and very high-resolution remote sensing approaches for detecting and mapping slums: Trends, challenges and emerging opportunities

R Mahabir, A Croitoru, AT Crooks, P Agouris… - Urban Science, 2018 - mdpi.com
Slums are a global urban challenge, with less developed countries being particularly
impacted. To adequately detect and map them, data is needed on their location, spatial …

The complexities of agent-based modeling output analysis

JS Lee, T Filatova, A Ligmann-Zielinska… - Journal of Artificial …, 2015 - econstor.eu
The proliferation of agent-based models (ABMs) in recent decades has motivated model
practitioners to improve the transparency, replicability, and trust in results derived from …

Introduction to agent-based modelling

AT Crooks, AJ Heppenstall - Agent-based models of geographical systems, 2011 - Springer
The application of agent-based modelling (ABM) to simulating dynamics within geographical
systems has seen a considerable increase over the last decade. ABM allows the …

A review of urban residential choice models using agent-based modeling

Q Huang, DC Parker, T Filatova… - … and Planning B …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Urban land-use modeling methods have experienced substantial improvements in the last
several decades. With the advancement of urban land-use change theories and modeling …

[HTML][HTML] Potential of retrofitted urban green infrastructure to reduce runoff-A model implementation with site-specific constraints at neighborhood scale

CHA Uribe, RB Brenes, J Hack - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2022 - Elsevier
The urbanization has resulted in significant changes in the water balance. Urban Green
Infrastructures (UGI) have become a promising method for reducing reoccurring floods whilst …

The emergence of slums: A contemporary view on simulation models

D Roy, MH Lees, B Palavalli, K Pfeffer… - … modelling & software, 2014 - Elsevier
The existence of slums or informal settlements is common to most cities of developing
countries. Its role as single housing delivery mechanism has seriously challenged the …

Monitoring and modelling of informal settlements-A review on recent developments and challenges

P Hofmann, H Taubenböck… - 2015 joint urban remote …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increasing development of informal settlements and slums in the years to come is a
humanitarian challenge we are facing worldwide. The reasons for this development are …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying land degradation in upper catchment of Narmada river in central India: evaluation study utilizing landsat imagery

DK Patel, TK Thakur, A Thakur, A Pandey, A Kumar… - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The escalating rates of deforestation, compounded by land degradation arising from
intensified mining operations, forest fires, encroachments, and road infrastructure, among …

Assessing High-Speed Rail's impacts on land cover change in large urban areas based on spatial mixed logit methods: a case study of Madrid Atocha railway station …

Y Shen, JA e Silva, LM Martínez - Journal of Transport Geography, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an accessibility-based spatial mixed logit (SML) model with panel data
structure to examine the impacts of High-Speed Rail (HSR) on land cover change in large …