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GAIA - R M: A Geographically Aware Intelligent Agents Framework for Rangeland Management
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on GeoComputation University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Sydney, Australia
12/2009
Abstract
In this paper we present a spatially explicit agent-based model of land transformation
processes in southwest Montana, a region that has experienced significant change over
the past two decades. Southwest Montana was, and to a more limited degree still is, a
landscape of agricultural production, with large family owned ranches dominating the
region’s social, political and economic activity. It is also a landscape that possesses
spectacular scenery, significant national and international level exposure (it is adjacent to
Yellowstone National Park), plentiful wildlife, and outstanding trout fisheries. For
reasons both endogenous (e.g., its natural amenities and socio-demographic structure)
and exogenous (e.g., global commodity markets, increasing affluence at the national and
global scale) to the region, this landscape is being transformed into one increasingly
characterized by second homes and hobby ranches. These drivers of change, coupled with
the region’s socio-political response to this change, produce a complex geographical
system that continually adapts to changing social, political, and economic context. For
the past three years an interdisciplinary team of researchers has been studying this
dynamic process. A particular focus of this work is an investigation into how individuals
form (or fail to form) consensus to manage the common pool natural resources that
characterize this region in sustainable manner.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- GAIA - R M: A Geographically Aware Intelligent Agents Framework for Rangeland Management
- Creators
- David A. Bennett - University of IowaWenwu Tang - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on GeoComputation University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Conference
- Sydney, Australia
- Number of pages
- 5 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2009 the authors
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2009
- Academic Unit
- Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983557686302771
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