02523nam 2200373 450 991076576310332120230219090318.03-03842-281-9(CKB)5400000000000390(NjHacI)995400000000000390(EXLCZ)99540000000000039020230219d2016 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAgent-based modelling and landscape change /edited by James D. A. Millington, John WainwrightBasel, Switzerland :MDPI,[2016]©20161 online resource (326 pages) illustrationsIncludes bibliographical references.The use of agent-based models (ABMs) and modelling for understanding landscape change and dynamics continues to grow. One reason for the popularity of ABMs is that they provide a framework to represent multiple, discrete, multi-faceted, heterogeneous actors (human or otherwise) and their relationships and interactions between one another and their environment, through time and across space. This collection showcases innovative uses of ABMs for investigating and explaining landscape change and dynamics and to explore and identify how researchers in different disciplines can learn from one another to further innovate. The diverse range of processes and landscapes that ABMs are currently used to examine is clearly demonstrated, including: land-use decision making in agricultural landscapes; soil erosion in semi-arid environments; forest change in mountainous landscapes; trade in 1st Century BC southern France; social adaptations of herders in northern Mongolia; and malaria epidemiology in Kenya. A range of agent-based representation is used from the implied presence of agents, through comparing heterogeneous vs. aggregated representation of human activity, to alternative means of parameterizing individual agent behaviour. The collection will be of interest to all interested in innovative agent-based modelling for understanding landscape change, its causes and consequences for sustainability in the Anthropocene.LandscapesLandscapes.111.85Millington James D. A.Wainwright JohnNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910765763103321Agent-Based Modelling and Landscape Change2936251UNINA