Modeling of Land-Use and Ecological Dynamics

1. Introduction
Danny Czamanski, Itzhak Benenson, Dan Malkinson

2. The Impact of Land-Use Policy on Urban Fringe Dynamics
Eric Koomen, Jasper Dekkers

3. Long-Term Changes in the Configuration of Agriculture and Natural Areas Around Cities in the Netherlands (1900–1990)
Erez Hatna, Martha M. Bakker

4. Investigating Land-Use Dynamics at the Periphery of a Fast-Growing City with Cellular Automata at Two Spatial Scales
Danielle J. Marceau, Fang Wang, Nishad Wijesekara

5. The Spatial Morphology of Oporto’s Urban Fringe
Miguel Serra, Paulo Pinho

6. Vascular Plant Species Richness Patterns in Urban Environments: Case Studies from Hannover, Germany and Haifa, Israel
Sarah Matthies, Daniella Kopel, Stefan Rüter, Marina Toger, Rüdiger Prasse, Daniel Czamanski, Dan Malkinson

7. Future Suburban Development and the Environmental Implications of Lawns: A Case Study in New England, USA
Daniel Miller Runfola, Colin Polsky, Nick Giner, Robert Gilmore Pontius, Craig Nicolson

8. Land Use-Land Cover Dynamics at the Metropolitan Fringe
Daniel Felsenstein, Michal Lichter, Eyal Ashbel, A. Yair Grinberger

9. Lichens and Plants in Urban Environment
Gregory E. Insarov, Irina D. Insarova

Keywords: Geography, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Regional/Spatial Science, Nature Conservation, Simulation and Modeling, Ecosystems