A method to analyse neighbourhood characteristics of land use patterns

Neighbourhood interactions between land use types are often included in the spatially explicit analysis of land use change. Especially in the context of urban growth, neighbourhood interactions are often addressed both in theories for urban development and in dynamic models of (urban) land use chang...

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Published in:Computers, environment and urban systems environment and urban systems, 2004-11, Vol.28 (6), p.667-690
Main Authors: Verburg, Peter H., de Nijs, Ton C.M., Ritsema van Eck, Jan, Visser, Hans, de Jong, Kor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Buildings. Public works
Cellular automata
Exact sciences and technology
Laboratorium voor Bodemkunde en geologie
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie
Laboratory of Soil Science and Geology
Land use change
Microbiological Laboratory
Microbiologie
Microbiology
Modelling
Neighbourhood interaction
PE&RC
The Netherlands
Urban development
Urbanization
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Summary:Neighbourhood interactions between land use types are often included in the spatially explicit analysis of land use change. Especially in the context of urban growth, neighbourhood interactions are often addressed both in theories for urban development and in dynamic models of (urban) land use change. Neighbourhood interactions are one of the main driving factors in a large group of land use change models based on cellular automata (CA). This paper introduces a method to analyse the neighbourhood characteristics of land use. For every location in a rectangular grid the enrichment of the neighbourhood by specific land use types is studied. An application of the method for the Netherlands indicates that different land use types have clearly distinct neighbourhood characteristics. Land use conversions can be explained, for a large part, by the occurrence of land uses in the neighbourhood. The neighbourhood characterization introduced in this paper can help to further unravel the processes of land use change allocation and assist in the definition of transition rules for cellular automata and other land use change models.
ISSN:0198-9715
1873-7587
DOI:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2003.07.001