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

Departing from the comprehensive reviews carried out in the field, we identify the key
challenges that agent-based methodology faces when modeling coupled socio-ecological …

Representing human decisions is of fundamental importance in agent-based models.
However, the rationale for choosing a particular human decision model is often not …

Understanding social-ecological systems (SES) is crucial to supporting the sustainable
management of resources. Agent-based modelling is a valuable tool to achieve this …

Agent-based models (ABMs) are increasingly recognized as valuable tools in modelling
human-environmental systems, but challenges and critics remain. One pressing challenge …

In this paper, we use a theoretical framework of coupled human and natural systems to
review the methodological advances in urban water demand modeling over the past 3 …

Land use/land cover (LULC) change models are powerful tools used to understand and
explain the causes and effects of LULC dynamics, and scenario-based analyses with these …

Construction activity is known to have a major impact on the environment and is a major
consumer of a wide range of naturally occurring and synthesized resources. Despite the …

Experts working on behalf of international development organisations need better tools to
assist land managers in developing countries maintain their livelihoods, as climate change …

Increasing attention to regime shifts, critical transitions, non-marginal changes, and systemic
shocks calls for the development of models that are able to reproduce or grow structural …