Modelling Land-Use Change: Progress and applications
Koomen, E.; Stillwell, J.; Bakema, A.; Scholten, H.J. (Eds.)
Available from Springer (Series: GeoJournal Library , Vol. 90, ISBN: 978-1-4020-5647-5)
| Practical exercises and demonstration versions of several land-use models | ||||||||
| Land-use change analysis | ||||||||
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| Monitoring land-use change | This exercise makes you familiar with different datasets that can be used to assess land use change. | Exercise | Web browser Additionally you can use IDRISI (not essential) |
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| Von Thunen model | This exercise explains land use patterns using the model of Von Thunen. | Exercise | Software provided | |||||
| Modelling traditions | ||||||||
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| Cellular Automata: Game of Life |
This is the most famous Cellular Automata model known in the world called Conway’s Game of Life. | Exercise | Software provided | |||||
| Multi-agent approach: Starlogo |
is a multi-agent simulation program. On the websites the newest versions of Starlogo and Netlogo can be found. |
Exercise | Software provided | |||||
| Land-use models | ||||||||
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| CLUE-s Randstad | This application of the CLUE-s model deals with the Randstad area in the Netherlands. An extensive set of exercises is available dealing with, amongst others: the user interface, testing model options, Spatial policies, Conversion elasticity and sequences, validation and creating new applications and scenarios. |
Exercise |
CLUE-s software provided. |
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| CLUE-s demo | A demonstration version of the CLUE-s model can be downloaded from: the Institute for Environmental Studies of VU University (IVM). The CD includes the 2006 version of the model and several exercises that help you get familiar with the interface, simulate your own scenario, define spatial policies and help you with doing the necessary statistical analysis. Updates and additional information are available on the CLUE website. |
Exercise |
CLUE-s software provided. |
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| Land Use Scanner | The Land Use Scanner exercise contains a short description of the model, an introduction to its main functions and an assignment that asks you to simulate future land use in the Netherlands according to scenario conditions. Before you start with the exercise, first unzip the attached file and install the GeoData Model Server (GeoDMS) software by running the setup.exe file which you can find in the setup-subdirectory. Subsequently, start the installed GeoDMS software. A message box with the text: file not found is presented. Browse to the cfg subfolder of the unzipped configuration and then select the demo.dms file and click Open. The Student Edition configuration is now loaded. If you would like to have more information about the GeoDMS software and the Land Use Scanner model, please visit the website of the developers for installation notes, a GeoDMS user guide and presentations of results. |
Exercise | Software provided
The model developers kindly ask you to before using the software |
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| SimLucia | The SimLucia Policy Support System is developed with the METRONAMICA framework and similar to the Environment Explorer and the MOLAND and Murbandy models. It uses a Cellular Automata approach for simulating land-use changes. The latest version of the software and manuals can be downloaded from the developers’ website: www.riks.nl/projects/simlucia. More information about the latest models developed with the METRONAMICA framework can be found on www.riks.nl/products/etronamica. |
Exercise | Software provided
The model developers kindly ask you to register |
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| Acknowledgements The educational material for this website was kindly provided by a number of institutes and persons. We sincerely thank: Maarten Hilferink and Martin van der Beek (Object Vision, the Netherlands), Peter Verburg, Tom Veldkamp and Jan-Peter Lesschen (Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands), Guy Engelen (VITO, Belgium), Michael Batty (CASA University College of London, UK), Philip Steadman (Open University, UK), Rosan van Wilgenburg, Jasper Dekkers and Eric Koomen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands), R.F. Dodson (USA), Michael Muskulus (University of Leiden, the Netherlands), Michel Hagoort (University of Utrecht, the Netherlands), the StarLogo development team (Alan Epstein, Rebekah Wahba, Eric Klopfer and Robert Tau at MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA, USA), Hedwig van Delden (RIKS, the Netherlands) and Edwin Martin (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). |
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| Warranty The software and exercises are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. In no event shall the authors be liable to any party for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of the provided software and exercises and its documentation, even if the authors have been advised of the possibility of such damage. The authors specifically disclaim any warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The software and exercises provided is on an “as is” basis, and the authors have no obligation to provide maintenance, support, updates, enhancements, or modifications. |
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