LEADER 02523nam 2200373 450 001 9910765763103321 005 20230219090318.0 010 $a3-03842-281-9 035 $a(CKB)5400000000000390 035 $a(NjHacI)995400000000000390 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000000390 100 $a20230219d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAgent-based modelling and landscape change /$fedited by James D. A. Millington, John Wainwright 210 1$aBasel, Switzerland :$cMDPI,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (326 pages) $cillustrations 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aLandscapes 615 0$aLandscapes. 676 $a111.85 702 $aMillington$b James D. A. 702 $aWainwright$b John 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910765763103321 996 $aAgent-Based Modelling and Landscape Change$92936251 997 $aUNINA