Class Web Site: Land-Use Modeling Techniques and Applications (GEOG 590 002/EVPP 741 004)

Syllabus



Lecture Notes
    Week 1:  Introduction
    Week 2:  Model Overviews  
    Week 3:  Drivers of LUCC
    Week 4:  Evaluating model performace     
    Week 5:  Statistical  modeling in developing counties and Chappell presentation and Komwa presentation


Presentation Assignments


Short writing assignment questions


Electronic Reserves (Nothing yet now)
WebCT:  Log on using your Mason ID (like your e-mail address) and the last four digits of your student ID number.  

Literature Search Resources at GMU
            Geobase
        Econlit
        Web of Science



Course Bibliography  (Both required and supplementary readings)
        pdf
        Endnote Library


Related Courses and Resources


•   Dan Brown's "GIS and Landscape Modeling" course at the University of Michigan
•   Elena Irwin's "The Economics of Growth and Sprawl in America’s Countryside" at the Ohio State University
• "Urban Growth Modeling" seminar at U.C. Santa Barbara
  
• "Land-Use Change Modeling" seminar at U.C. Santa Barbara
• MODLUC European graduate training workshop
  




Software and Tools

    GRASP: Generalized Regression Analysis and Spatial Prediction
  GeoDa, Geodata Analysis software beta version
   Cellab cellular automaton software by Rudy Rucker
    Netlogo (Cellular automaton and simple agent-based models)
  Excel spreadsheet for comparison of categorical maps, by R. G. Pontius Jr., Clark University


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