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Book Advancing Land Change Modeling

Download or read book Advancing Land Change Modeling written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People are constantly changing the land surface through construction, agriculture, energy production, and other activities. Changes both in how land is used by people (land use) and in the vegetation, rock, buildings, and other physical material that cover the Earth's surface (land cover) can be described and future land change can be projected using land-change models (LCMs). LCMs are a key means for understanding how humans are reshaping the Earth's surface in the past and present, for forecasting future landscape conditions, and for developing policies to manage our use of resources and the environment at scales ranging from an individual parcel of land in a city to vast expanses of forests around the world. 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. Advancing Land Change Modeling's recommendations for assessment of future data and research needs will enable model outputs to better assist the science, policy, and decisionsupport communities.

Book Rural Planning in the Developing World with a Special Focus on Natural Resources

Download or read book Rural Planning in the Developing World with a Special Focus on Natural Resources written by D. Barry Dalal-Clayton and published by IIED. This book was released on 2000 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Costs of Sprawl

Download or read book The Costs of Sprawl written by Real Estate Research Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Committee Prints

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  • Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1971
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  • Pages : 1504 pages

Download or read book Committee Prints written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Land Use Modelling in Planning Practice

Download or read book Land Use Modelling in Planning Practice written by Eric Koomen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of recent developments and applications of the Land Use Scanner model, which has been used in spatial planning for well over a decade. Internationally recognized as among the best of its kind, this versatile model can be applied at a national level for trend extrapolation, scenario studies and optimization, yet can also be employed in a smaller-scale regional context, as demonstrated by the assortment of regional case studies included in the book. Alongside these practical examples from the Netherlands, readers will find discussion of more theoretical aspects of land-use models as well as an assessment of various studies that aim to develop the Land-Use Scanner model further. Spanning the divide between the abstractions of land-use modelling and the imperatives of policy making, this is a cutting-edge account of the way in which the Land-Use Scanner approach is able to interrogate a spectrum of issues that range from climate change to transportation efficiency. Aimed at planners, researchers and policy makers who need to stay abreast of the latest advances in land-use modelling techniques in the context of planning practice, the book guides the reader through the applications supported by current instrumentation. It affords the opportunity for a wide readership to benefit from the extensive and acknowledged expertise of Dutch planners, who have originated a host of much-used models.

Book An Examination of Models for State and Regional Land Use Planning

Download or read book An Examination of Models for State and Regional Land Use Planning written by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. State-Regional Land Use Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book National Growth Policy  Legislative   Executive Actions  1970 71

Download or read book National Growth Policy Legislative Executive Actions 1970 71 written by Norman S. Beckman and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective use of resources in urban regions--urban-rural balance and economic growth--problems of urban poverty--good homes for all Americans--renewing old communities and creating new communitites--strengthening the capacity of general governments to manage the urban environment.

Book Models in Planning

Download or read book Models in Planning written by C. Lee and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Models in Planning: An Introduction to the Use of Quantitative Models in Planning focuses on some of the techniques utilized for the construction of urban and regional models, with emphasis on the understanding of model structure rather than on rigorous mathematical analysis. Organized into eight chapters, this book begins by explaining the role of models in the planning process. Subsequent chapters elucidate the principles for the design and use of models, and the mathematical preliminaries involved. The different models, namely, linear, gravity, and Lowry models, are also described including their optimization. This material will be very useful for students and practicing planners with a limited numerate background. It will allow readers to follow up the extensive literature dealing with the more complex operational versions of the discussed models.

Book Regional Modeling Abstracts

Download or read book Regional Modeling Abstracts written by Charles R. Meyers (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Land Use Planning Applications

Download or read book Land Use Planning Applications written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1991 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Land Use Compendium

Download or read book Land Use Compendium written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Modelling Land Use Change

Download or read book Modelling Land Use Change written by Eric Koomen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-08 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a full overview of land-use change simulation modelling, a wide range of applications, a mix of theory and practice, a synthesis of recent research progress, and educational material for students and teachers. This volume is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the state-of-the-art of land-use modelling, its background and its application.

Book Transportation Planning Applications  Final Report

Download or read book Transportation Planning Applications Final Report written by William Frederick Brown and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Smarter Land Use

Download or read book Smarter Land Use written by Karl Kehde and published by Collaborative Land Planning. This book was released on 2002 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 1974 National Science Foundation Authorization

Download or read book 1974 National Science Foundation Authorization written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: