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Modelling Landscape Dynamics

Determinism, Stochasticity and Complexity

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Authors:
  1. Fivos Papadimitriou

    1. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Forschungsbereich Geographie, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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  • Contains the mathematical methods, deterministic and stochastic, needed for the analysis of Landscape Dynamics
  • The first book on "Modelling Landscape Dynamics"
  • The first theoretical framework addressing the complexity of Landscape Dynamics

Part of the book series: RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft (RFSRL)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Dynamical Systems Modelling of Landscape Transformations

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 1-15

  3. Modelling Nonlinear and Complex Landscape Dynamics

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 17-26

  4. Landscape Stability, Instability and Civilization Collapse

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 27-43

  5. Markov Models of Landscape Dynamics

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 45-57

  6. Stochastic Landscape Simulation

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 59-73

  7. Stochastic Models of Complex Landscape Dynamics

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 75-89

  8. Modelling Landscape Sustainability

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 91-100

  9. Modelling Landscape Resilience

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 101-118

  10. Complexity, Non-Locality and Riddledness in Landscape Dynamics

    • Fivos Papadimitriou
    Pages 119-133

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 135-136
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About this book

This book offers a comprehensive exposition of the mathematical methods that can be used to model landscape dynamics. 
It is systematically shown how mathematical models of progressively higher complexity can be derived from ordinary landscape maps and related data in ways that enable researchers to predict future landscape transformations and to assess landscape stability, sustainability and resilience.
These models are deterministic (i.e. linear or non-linear systems of differential equations), stochastic (i.e. Markovian), or combined deterministic-and-stochastic (using stochastic differential equations), whereas topics and challenging problems related to complexity (spatial randomness, chaotic behaviors, riddled systems etc) are also examined in the book.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Forschungsbereich Geographie, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Fivos Papadimitriou

About the author

Dr. Dr. Fivos Papadimitriou is at the University of Tübingen and he is the author of “Spatial Entropy and Landscape Analysis” (Springer VS) and “Spatial Complexity: Theory, Mathematical Methods and Applications” (Springer).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Modelling Landscape Dynamics

  • Book Subtitle: Determinism, Stochasticity and Complexity

  • Authors: Fivos Papadimitriou

  • Series Title: RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42496-1

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-42495-4Published: 03 January 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-42496-1Published: 02 January 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2625-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2625-7009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 136

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cultural Geography, Social Sciences, general

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