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This paper introduces a data-driven agent-based simulation model of rural land exchange in the Netherlands. The model development process is part of an ongoing research program aiming at understanding the effects of climate change and socioeconomic drivers on agriculture land use and nature conservation. The first model version reported in this paper, is being developed for the Baakse Beek region in the Netherlands and is empirically grounded. The general framework described in this paper will be applied to another case study area in the Netherlands in the second phase of our research program and compare the projected land use patterns in the two case studies region.
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This work is supported under the Knowledge for Climate Research Programme in the Netherlands. We are thankful to our partners in the CARE Project consortium for their valuable feedback.
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Alam, S.J., Bakker, M.M., Karali, E., van Dijk, J., Rounsevell, M.D. (2014). Simulating the Expansion of Large-Sized Farms in Rural Netherlands: A Land Exchange Model. In: Alam, S., Parunak, H. (eds) Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XIV. MABS 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8235. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54783-6_8
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