A GIS-based model to analyze the spatial and temporal development of oil palm land use in Kuala Langat district, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Nourqolipour, Ramin, Mohamed Shariff, Abdul Rashid, Balasundram, Siva Kumar, Ahmad, Noordin, Sood, Alias M., Buyong, Taher, Amiri, Fazel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43499/1/abstract00.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43499/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12665-014-3521-1

In Malaysia, areas under oil palm plantations have increased dramatically since the early twentieth century and have resulted in multiple conversions of land change. This paper presents a spatial and temporal model for simulation of oil palm expansion in the Kuala Langat district, Malaysia. The mode...