This innovative approach to landscape modeling begins by acknowledging landscape phenomena as 'self-organizing' manifestations of human activity. It presents state-of-the-art techniques for mapping the environments that will emerge from today's urban sprawl.

This innovative approach to landscape modeling begins by acknowledging landscape phenomena as 'self-organizing' manifestations of human activity. It presents state-of-the-art techniques for mapping the environments that will emerge from today's urban sprawl.