Ebook: Land Use Simulation for Europe

Land use change is driven by a variety of forces, including spatial policies formulated at supra-national, national, regional and local levels. The main focus of this book is to contextualise, explain and illustrate a new methodology for simulating land use change in different parts of Europe. It considers some of the more important causal factors and identifies state-of-the-art approaches to modelling human and environmental systems, and for evaluating and visualising altenative scenarios. The last part of the volume presents material from two case studies, one from The Netherlands and one from Portugal, of the implementation of a new simulation model called EuroScanner.
Audience: This work will be of interest to researchers and practioners whose work involves geography, simulation and modelling, environmental planning, spatial decision making, the methodology of social sciences, and economics.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
A Framework for European Land Use Simulation....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
The European Spatial Development Perspective: Process, Policies and Consensus....Pages 15-23
European Spatial Planning: National and Regional Perspectives....Pages 25-36
Agriculture, Forestry and Nature: Trends and Developments Across Europe....Pages 37-44
The Projection of Population, Households, Housing and Residential Land Use....Pages 45-64
The Land Market: A Spatial Economic Perspective....Pages 65-82
The Role of Remote Sensing Techniques for European Land Use Database Construction....Pages 83-99
Towards a European Spatial Metadata Infrastructure to Facilitate Land Use Planning....Pages 101-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Land Cover Information for European Environmental Modelling....Pages 115-126
Forecasting Global Climatic Change Impacts on Mediterranean Agricultural Land Use in the Twenty First Century....Pages 127-141
Demography, Economy and Urbanization: A Demo-Economic Regional Simulation Model....Pages 143-157
Interregional Migration and Land Use Pressure....Pages 159-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Towards a Sustainable Future of Cities in Europe: An Evaluation of Sustainable City Initiatives Using Multicriteria Decision Support Methods....Pages 173-192
A Methodology for the Analysis of Spatial Conflicts in Transport Policies: Overview and Applications....Pages 193-210
Virtual Reality and the Simulation of Europe’s Land Use in the Twenty First Century....Pages 211-231
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Euroscanner: A Simulation Model for Land Use Change in Europe....Pages 235-244
A National Planning Application of Euroscanner in the Netherlands....Pages 245-256
A Regional Planning Application of Euroscanner in Portugal....Pages 257-291
Back Matter....Pages 293-302

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
A Framework for European Land Use Simulation....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
The European Spatial Development Perspective: Process, Policies and Consensus....Pages 15-23
European Spatial Planning: National and Regional Perspectives....Pages 25-36
Agriculture, Forestry and Nature: Trends and Developments Across Europe....Pages 37-44
The Projection of Population, Households, Housing and Residential Land Use....Pages 45-64
The Land Market: A Spatial Economic Perspective....Pages 65-82
The Role of Remote Sensing Techniques for European Land Use Database Construction....Pages 83-99
Towards a European Spatial Metadata Infrastructure to Facilitate Land Use Planning....Pages 101-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Land Cover Information for European Environmental Modelling....Pages 115-126
Forecasting Global Climatic Change Impacts on Mediterranean Agricultural Land Use in the Twenty First Century....Pages 127-141
Demography, Economy and Urbanization: A Demo-Economic Regional Simulation Model....Pages 143-157
Interregional Migration and Land Use Pressure....Pages 159-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Towards a Sustainable Future of Cities in Europe: An Evaluation of Sustainable City Initiatives Using Multicriteria Decision Support Methods....Pages 173-192
A Methodology for the Analysis of Spatial Conflicts in Transport Policies: Overview and Applications....Pages 193-210
Virtual Reality and the Simulation of Europe’s Land Use in the Twenty First Century....Pages 211-231
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Euroscanner: A Simulation Model for Land Use Change in Europe....Pages 235-244
A National Planning Application of Euroscanner in the Netherlands....Pages 245-256
A Regional Planning Application of Euroscanner in Portugal....Pages 257-291
Back Matter....Pages 293-302
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