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Creation and evaluation of development scenarios for metropolitan patterns

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Modelling Environmental Dynamics

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In this study, different forms of urban growth have been identified in the metropolitan area of Granada showing time-space distribution of the urban process over the last 30 years, territorial accessibility and the densification process in the types of occupancy. Once these different forms have been identified using a model based on cellular automata specifically developed for this field of study, several simulations were generated. In these simulations the growth patterns previously identified have been reproduced. Hence, the different resulting scenarios have been evaluated through spatial analysis metrics, which will be tested as an evaluating element for scenarios, through the criteria of the spatial mosaic structure formed by those scenarios.

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  1. Valenzuela Montes LM
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  1. Université de Toulouse II GEODE UMR 5602 CNRS Maison de la Recherche, 5 allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse, France

    Martin Paegelow (Prof.) (Prof.)

  2. Dpto. de Análisis Geográfico Regional y Geografía Física, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Cartuja, s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain

    María Teresa Camacho Olmedo (Prof.) (Prof.)

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LM, V.M., Benavente F, A., Lara JA, S., E, M.M. (2008). Creation and evaluation of development scenarios for metropolitan patterns. In: Paegelow, M., Olmedo, M.T.C. (eds) Modelling Environmental Dynamics. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68498-5_13

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