Advancing land change modeling opportunities and research requirements / Committee on Needs and Research Requirements for Land Change Modeling, Geographical Sciences Committee, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]
Descriptionx, 142 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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Other author/creatorNational Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Needs and Research Requirements for Land Change Modeling.
Other author/creatorNational Research Council (U.S.). Geographical Sciences Committee.
Other author/creatorNational Research Council (U.S.). Board on Earth Sciences and Resources.
Other author/creatorNational Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies.
Contents The state of land change modeling -- Land change modeling approaches -- Improving land change modeling.
Abstract "Advancing Land Change Modeling: Opportunities and Research Requirements describes various LCM approaches, suggests guidance for their appropriate application, and makes recommendations to improve the integration of observation strategies into the models. This report provides a summary and evaluation of several modeling approaches, and their theoretical and empirical underpinnings, relative to complex land-change dynamics and processes, and identifies several opportunities for further advancing the science, data, and cyberinfrastructure involved in the LCM enterprise. Because of the numerous models available, the report focuses on describing the categories of approaches used along with selected examples, rather than providing a review of specific models. Additionally, because all modeling approaches have relative strengths and weaknesses, the report compares these relative to different purposes."--Publisher's description.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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LCCN 2015452065
ISBN0309288339 (pbk.)
ISBN9780309288330 (pbk.)