Summary: Case studies, cross-site comparisons, and the challenge of
generalization: comparing agent-based models of land-use
change in frontier regions
Dawn C. Parkera,*, Barbara Entwisleb, Ronald R. Rindfussb,c, Leah K. Vanweyd,e, Steven M.
Mansonf, Emilio Morane,g, Li Anh, Peter Deadmani, Tom P. Evanse,j, Marc Lindermank, S.
Mohammad Mussavi Rizia, and George Malansonk
a Department of Computational Social Science and Center for Social Complexity, George Mason
University, USA
b Department of Sociology and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, USA
c East­West Center, University of Hawaii, USA
d Department of Sociology, Indiana University, USA
e Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change, Indiana University,
USA
f Department of Geography, University of Minnesota, USA
g Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, USA
h Department of Geography, San Diego State University, USA
i Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, Canada
j Department of Geography, Indiana University, USA
k Department of Geography, University of Iowa, USA
Abstract

Source: An, Li - Department of Geography, San Diego State University

Collections: Environmental Sciences and Ecology; Geosciences