Spatio-temporal land-use change modeling, simulation, and prediction have become one of
the critical issues in the last three decades due to uncertainty, structure, flexibility, accuracy …

Flooding is one of the most devastating and deadly natural disasters. Every year, millions of
people are affected by flooding worldwide, with massive economic losses that average …

The multi-scenario simulation of urban land can effectively reveal the characteristics and
trends of changes in urban space and the contradictions of land use in urban sustainable …

The study of the landscape pattern of land use has important practical significance for land
use planning and constructing ecological cities. CA, a dynamic modeling approach, has …

Urban growth and land-use change are a few of many puzzling factors affecting our future
cities. Creating a precise simulation for future land change is a challenging process that …

Delineating urban growth boundaries (UGBs) has been proved as an effective approach to
constrain urban encroachment and achieve sustainable urban development. However, so …

Land use changes generally affect the integrity of an ecosystem. The effect of this change
can be very severe if the conversion disrupts a crucial habitat of major plants and animals …

Modeling of land use and land cover (LULC) is a very important tool, particularly in the
agricultural field: it allows us to know the potential changes in land area in the future and to …

Urban expansion can lead to land use changes and, hence, threatens the ecosystems.
Understanding the effects of urbanization on ecosystem services (ESs) can provide scientific …

This paper explores potential future land use/cover (LUC) dynamics in the Attica region,
Greece, under three distinct economic performance scenarios. During the last decades …