Combining agent functional types, capitals and services to model land use dynamics

Highlights

• Large-scale models of land use change require improved treatment of human behaviour.
• We present CRAFTY: an agent based land use modelling framework for use over large geographical extents.
• The framework accounts for land use intensity and multifunctionality.
• We allow incorporation of a range of ecosystem services and institutional behaviour.
• We demonstrate the framework’s ability to simulate important drivers of land use change.

D. Murray-Rust, C. Brown, J. van Vliet, S.J. Alam, D.T. Robinson, P.H. Verburg, M. Rounsevell