Social and ecological factors and land-use land-cover diversity in two provinces in southeast Asia

• Published in: Journal of land use science Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 277 - 306
• Main Authors: Cassidy, Lin, Binford, Michael, Southworth, Jane, Barnes, Grenville
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 22.11.2010; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Cambodia; complex adaptive systems; diversity; elevation; land-use land-cover change; markets; roads; social-ecological systems; spatial studies; Studies; Thailand

Diversity, as a key component of complex adaptive systems (CASs), provides the range of responses that determine how the system can adapt and change. We test how land-use land-cover (LULC) diversity, as a generalization for cross-site comparison of social-ecological systems (SESs), responds spatiall...