Analysis of scale dependencies in an urban land-use-change model
Jantz CA and Goetz SJ. 2005. Analysis of scale dependencies in an urban land-use-change model. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 19(2):217-241
Observing land use patterns at different scales. In land-use modelling, scale can influence the measurement and quantitative description of land-use patterns and can therefore significantly impact the behaviour of model parameters that describe land-use change processes. We present results of a rigorous sensitivity analysis of a cellular urban land-usechange model, SLEUTH, testing its performance in response to varying cell resolutions. Specifically, we examine the behaviour of each type of urban growth rule across different cell sizes, and explore the model’s ability to capture growth rates and patterns across scales.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Jantz, Claire; Goetz, Scott
- Units
- IMD
- Keywords
- CA, cellular automata, Cellular urban land-use-change model, demographis patterns, Land Use Patterns, palms, regional economics, scale, SLEUTH, urban growth