Land Use Simulation for Europe: Contents

List of Figuresxii
List of Tablesxvi
1: A Framework for European Land Use Simulation
John Stillwell and Henk Scholten
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1.1: Introduction1
1.2: The conceptual framework2
1.3: Structure and content5
Part I: Policy Perspectives, Driving Forces and Data Considerations
2 The European Spatial Development Perspective: Process, Policies and Consensus
Peter Ungar
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2.1: Introduction15
2.2: The evolution of the European Spatial Development Perspective15
2.3: The need for co-operation on spatial development at the EU scale18
2.4: The ESDP action programme18
2.5: Co-operation in European spatial development: a matter of consent20
2.6: Conclusion22
3: European Spatial Planning: National and Regional Perspectives
Hans ten Velden and John Stillwell
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3.1: Introduction25
3.2: The need for European spatial planning25
3.3: The European Spatial Development Perspective28
3.4: Information and analysis imperative29
3.5: Impacts of the ESDP at national and regional levels30
3.6: Conclusion35
4: Agriculture, Forestry and Nature:Trends and Developments Across Europe
Arnold Bregt and Kees de Zeeuw
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4.1: Introduction37
4.2: Land use in Europe37
4.3: Trends in agriculture, forestry and nature37
4.4: Influence of trends on the spatial environment40
4.5: From trends to data and tools41
4.6: Conclusions43
5: The Projection of Population, Households, Housing and Residential Land Use
John Stillwell and James Debenham
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5.1: Introduction45
5.2: Population projections for EU regions46
5.3: National and sub-national population projections in the UK52
5.4: National and sub-national household projections56
5.5: Regional projections of housing and residential land requirements59
5.6: Conclusions61
6: The Land Market: A Spatial Economic Perspective
Joost Buurman, Piet Rietveld and Henk Scholten
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6.1: Introduction65
6.2: The land market66
6.3: The spatial land market74
6.4: Operational models78
6.5: Conclusions81
7: The Role of Remote Sensing Techniques for European Land Use Database Construction
Henk Kramer and Sander Mücher
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7.1: Introduction83
7.2: A selection of important satellite sensors83
7.3: Available European land cover databases92
7.4: Land use database construction95
7.5: Conclusions97
8: Towards a European Spatial Metadata Infrastructure to Facilitate Land Use Planning
Joana Abreu and Henk Scholten
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8.1: Introduction101
8.2: The requirements of a spatial data information infrastructure102
8.3: The problems to access geographic information in Europe103
8.4: Existing geographic information infrastructures104
8.5: Towards the European Spatial Metadata Infrastructure106
8.6: Providing direct access to the data via Web mapping108
8.7: Conclusions110
Part II: Modelling Environmental and Human Systems
9: Land Cover Information for European Environmental Modelling
Jean-Paul Hettelingh, Maximilian Posch and Peter de Smet
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9.1: Introduction115
9.2: Modelling the European environment116
9.3: The support of European acidification policies117
9.4: The computation of critical loads and levels118
9.5: Scientific collaboration for the mapping of critical loads and levels in Europe123
9.6: Conclusions and recommendations124
10: Forecasting Global Climatic Change Impacts on Mediterranean Agricultural Land Use in the Twenty First Century
Stan Openshaw and Andy Turner
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10.1: Background and context127
10.2: Building a Synoptic Prediction System128
10.3: Assembling the data130
10.4: Agricultural land use modelling135
10.5: Translating agricultural land use changes into land degradation terms137
10.6: Conclusions139
11: Demography, Economy and Urbanization: A Demo-Economic Regional Simulation Model
Leo van Wissen and Corina Huisman
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11.1: Introduction143
11.2: Structure of the model143
11.3: Demographic module145
11.4: Labour supply148
11.5: The economic module and labour demand148
11.6: Urban land use150
11.7: A number of illustrative outcomes of Decores151
11.8: Conclusions156
12: Interregional Migration and Land Use Pressure
Beatrice Eiselt, Nicla Giglioli and Robert Peckham
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12.1: Introduction159
12.2: Data and software159
12.3: Cluster analysis160
12.4: Migration modelling163
12.5: Forecasting and simulation165
12.6: Application to simulation of land use pressure166
12.7: Conclusions168
Part III: Evaluation and Visualisation Methods
13: Towards a Sustainable Future of Cities in Europe: An Evaluation of Sustainable City Initiatives Using Multicriteria Decision Support Methods
Adele Finco and Peter Nijkamp
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13.1: Setting the scene173
13.2: Planning for urban sustainability175
13.3: Decision support methods for urban sustainability policy178
13.4: The case study area181
13.5: Multi-criteria analysis for the Local Plan of Cremona182
13.6: MCA results185
13.7: Conclusions189
14: A Methodology for the Analysis of Spatial Conflicts in Transport Policies: Overview and Applications
Euro Beinat
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14.1: Introduction193
14.2: Methodology framework195
14.3: Inside the methodology197
14.4: Applications203
14.5: Conclusions208
15: Virtual Reality and the Simulation of Europe's Land Use in the Twenty First Century
António Câmara
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15.1: Introduction211
15.2: Virtual reality methods and the visualisation of terrains212
15.3: Coupling simulation models to virtual environments220
15.4: Visualisation of Europe's land use simulation model223
15.5: Conclusions228
Part IV: The Development of a European Land Use Simulation System
16: EuroScanner: A Simulation Model for Land Use Change in Europe
Piet Rietveld, Henk Scholten and John Stillwell
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16.1: Introduction235
16.2: Approaches to modelling land use235
16.3: System structure and model features236
16.4: Land use data, regional constraints, suitability maps and government policy interventions238
16.5: Mathematical formulation of the model239
16.6: Extensions to the doubly constrained land use model242
16.7: Conclusions243
17: A National Planning Application of EuroScanner in the Netherlands
Kees Schotten and Camiel Heunks
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17.1: Introduction245
17.2: Planning background and scenario development245
17.3: Simulation of residential areas247
17.4: Integrated land use map252
17.5: Environmental impact assessment252
17.6 : Conclusions254
18: A Regional Planning Application of EuroScanner in Portugal
Alfred Wagtendonk, Rui Pedro Julião and Kees Schotten
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18.1: Introduction257
18.2: Lisbon and the Tagus Valley258
18.3: Urban and regional plans265
18.4: Land use classification of Landsat images between 1984 and 1998269
18.5: Identification of driving forces271
18.6: Operationalisation of driving forces276
18.7: Statistical analysis land use changes between 1984 and 1998277
18.8: Simulations with EuroScanner282
18.9: Results of simulations285
18.10: Conclusions289
Subject Index293

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