GeoDynamics: An Introduction ........................................... xxi Paul Longley Part I: Remote Sensing ......................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction—Remote Sensing in GeoDynamics ............................... 3 Giles M. Foody, Stephen E. Darby, Fulong Wu, and Peter M. Atkinson Chapter 2 Crisp and Fuzzy Classification Accuracy Measures for Remotely Sensed Derived Land Cover Maps .......................................... 11 Manoj K. Arora, Mohamed A. Shalan, and John Elgy Chapter 3 Aggregation as a Means of Increasing Thematic Map Accuracy .............. 29 Yohay Carmel Chapter 4 Improving the Update of Geospatial Information Databases from Imagery Using Semi-Automated Change Detection and User-Guidance Techniques .............................................................. 39 David A. Holland and William Tompkinson Chapter 5 Developing Smart Spatial Systems Using CommonKADS ....................... 55 Paul Crowther and Jacky Hartnett Chapter 6 Identifying Land Cover Change Using a Semantic Statistical Approach ................................................................ 73 Alex J. Comber, Peter F. Fisher, and Richard A. Wadsworth Chapter 7 Texture-Based Segmentation of Remotely Sensed Imagery to Identify Fuzzy Coastal Objects ................................................... 87 Arko Lucieer, Peter F. Fisher, and Alfred Stein Chapter 8 Per-Pixel Uncertainty for Change Detection Using Airborne Sensor Data ................................................................... 103 Kyle Brown Part II: Physical Processes ................................ 119 Chapter 9 Introduction — Spatially Distributed Dynamic Modelling ................. 121 Stephen E. Darby, Fulong Wu, Peter M. Atkinson, and Giles M. Foody Chapter 10 Dynamic Modelling of the Effects of Water, Temperature, and Light on Tree Population Spread .............................................. 125 Tal Svoray and R.Nathan Chapter 11 Uncovering Spatial Feedbacks at the Alpine Treeline Using Spatial Metrics in Evolutionary Simulations .................................... 137 George P. Malanson and Yu Zeng Chapter 12 Modeling of Geomorphic Processes in an Alpine Catchment ................ 151 Volker Wichmann and Michael Becht Chapter 13 A Three-Dimensional, GIS-Based Model of Historical Groundwater and Slope Stability ........................................................ 169 Jochen Schmidt Chapter 14 Prediction Uncertainty in Floodplain Elevation and its Effect on Flood Inundation Modelling ............................................. 185 Matthew D. Wilson and Peter M. Atkinson Part III: Human Processes ................................... 203 Chapter 15 Introduction — Urban Simulation ........................................ 205 Fulong Wu, Peter M. Atkinson, Giles M. Foody, and Stephen E. Darby Chapter 16 The Limits of Simplicity: Toward Geocomputational Honesty in Urban Modeling ............................................................... 215 Keith C. Clarke Chapter 17 Spatio-Temporal Difference in Model Outputs and Parameter Space as Determined by Calibration Extent ....................................... 233 Charles K. Dietzel Chapter 18 Brains versus Brawn — Comparative Strategies for the Calibration of a Cellular Automata-Based Urban Growth Model ........................ 249 Noah C. Goldstein Chapter 19 Integrated Urban Evolutionary Modeling ................................. 273 Yichun Xie and Michael Batty Chapter 20 Linking Transport and Land Use Planning: The Microscopic Dynamic Simulation Model ILUMASS ............................................... 295 Dirk Strauch, Rolf Moeckel, Michael Wegener, Jurgen Grafe, Heike Muhlhans, Guido Rindsfuser, and Klaus-J. Beckmann Chapter 21 Simulating Urban Dynamics in Latin American Cities ..................... 313 Joana Barros Chapter 22 Error Propagation and Model Uncertainties of Cellular Automata in Urban Simulation with GIS .............................................. 329 Anthony Gar-On Yeh and Xia Li Chapter 23 A Minimal Prototype for Integrating GIS and Geographic Simulation through Geographic Automata Systems .................................... 347 Itzhak Benenson and Paul M. Torrens Chapter 24 A Process-Based Ontological Approach to Simulating Behavioural Dynamics in Agent-Based Models ......................................... 369 Pragya Agarwal Chapter 25 GeoDynamics: Shaping the Future ........................................ 389 Peter M. Atkinson, Giles M. Foody, Stephen E. Darby, and Fulong Wu Index .................................................................. 399