Daniel Brown's Select Publications

Books

Bierbaum, R., Brown, Daniel, and J. McAlpine. 2008. Coping with climate change: National Summit Proceedings. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment.

Journal Articles

Zellner, M.L., Page, S.E., W. Rand, Daniel Brown, D.T. Robinson, J. Nassauer, and Bobbi Low. 2009. "The emergence of zoning policy games in exurban jurisdictions: Informing collective action theory." Land Use Policy, 26(2): 356-367. DOI:10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.04.004. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Robinson, D.T., and Daniel Brown. 2009. "Evaluating the effects of land-use development policies on ex-urban forest cover: An integrated agent-based GIS approach." International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 23(9): 1211-1232. DOI:10.1080/13658810802344101. Licensed Access.

Robinson, D.T., Daniel Brown, and W.S. Currie. 2009. "Modelling carbon storage in highly fragmented and human-dominated landscapes: Linking land-cover patterns and ecosystem models." Ecological Modelling, 220(9-10): 1325-1338. DOI:10.1016/j.ecolmodet.2009.02.020. Licensed Access.

Qi, Shuhua, Daniel Brown, Qing Tian, Luguang Jiang, Tingting Zhao, and Kathleen A. Bergen. 2009. "Inundation Extent and Flood Frequency Mapping Using LANDSAT Imagery and Digital Elevation Models." GIScience & Remote Sensing , 46(1): 101-127. DOI:10.2747/1548-1603.46.1.101. Licensed Access.

Peterson, L.K., K M. Bergen, Daniel Brown, L. Vashchuk, and Y. Blam. 2009. "Forested land-cover patterns and trends over changing forest management eras in the Siberian Baikal region." Forest Ecology and Management, 257(3): 911-922. DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.037. Licensed Access.

Auchincloss, A.H., Roux, A.V., Daniel Brown, C.A. Erdmann, and A.G. Bertoni. 2008. "Neighborhood resources for physical activity and healthy foods and their association with insulin resistance." Epidemiology, 19(1): 146-157. DOI:10.1097/EDE.0b013e31815c480. Public Access. Worldcat.

Rindfuss, R.R., B. Entwisle, S.J. Walsh, L. An, N. Badenoch, Daniel Brown, P. Deadman, T.P. Evans, J. Fox, J. Geoghegan, Myron Gutmann, M. Kelly, M. Linderman, Jianguo Liu, G.P. Malanson, C.F. Mena, J.P. Messina, E.F. Moran, D.C. Parker, W. Parton, P. Prasartkul, D.T. Robinson, Y. Sawangdee, L.K. Vanwey, and P.H. Verburg. 2008. "Land use change: complexity and comparisons." Journal of Land Use Science, 3: 1-10. DOI:10.1080/17474230802047955. Licensed Access.

An, L., and Brown, Daniel. 2008. "Survival analysis in land change science: Integrating with GIScience to address temporal complexities." Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 98(2): 323-344. Worldcat.

Brown, Daniel, Robinson, D.T., L. An, J.I. Nassauer, M. Zellner, W. Rand, R. Riolo, S.E. Page, Bobbi Low, and Z.F. Wang. 2008. "Exurbia from the bottom-up: Confronting empirical challenges to characterizing a complex system." Geoforum, 39(2): 805-818. DOI:10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.02.010. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Jiang, L.G., Bergen, K.M., Daniel Brown, T.T. Zhao, Q. Tian, and S.H. Qi. 2008. "Land-cover change and vulnerability to flooding near Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, China." Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 74(6): 775-786. Public Access. Worldcat.

Burnicki, A.C., Daniel Brown, and P. Goovaerts. 2007. "Simulating error propagation in land-cover change analysis: The implications of temporal dependence." Computers Environment and Urban Systems, 31:282-302. DOI:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2006.07.005. Licensed Access.

Duh, J.D., and Daniel Brown. 2007. "Knowledge-informed Pareto simulated annealing for multi-objective spatial allocation." Computers Environment and Urban Systems, 31:253-281. DOI:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2006.08.002. Licensed Access.

Robinson, D.T., Daniel Brown, D.C. Parker, P. Schreinemachers, M.A. Janssen, M. Huigen, H. Wittmer, N. Gotts, P. Promburom, E. Irwin, T. Berger, F. Gatzweiler, and C. Barnaud. 2007. "Comparison of empirical methods for building agent-based models in land use science." Journal of Land Use Science, 2:31-55. DOI:10.1080/17474230701201349. Licensed Access.

Roux, A.V., K.R. Evenson, A.P. McGinn, Daniel Brown, L. Moore, S. Brines, and D.R. Jacobs. 2007. "Availability of recreational resources and physical activity in adults." American Journal of Public Health, 97:493-499. PMCID:PMC2254179. DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2007.09.021. Licensed Access.

Xie, Y.C., and Daniel Brown. 2007. "Simulation in spatial analysis and modeling." Computers Environment and Urban Systems, 31(3): 229-231. DOI:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2006.06.005. Public Access.

Auchincloss, A.H., Roux, A.V., Daniel Brown, Trivellore Raghunathan, and C.A. Erdmann. 2007. "Filling the gaps: Spatial interpolation of residential survey data in the estimation of neighborhood characteristics." Epidemiology, 18(4): 469-478. DOI:10.1097/EDE.0b013e3180646320. Public Access. Worldcat.

Bergen, K.M., Gilboy, A.M., and Daniel Brown. 2007. "Multi-dimensional vegetation structure in modeling avian habitat." Ecological Informatics, 2(1): 9-22. DOI:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2007.01.001. Public Access. Worldcat.

Taylor, J.J., Brown, Daniel, and L. Larsen. 2007. "Preserving natural features: A GIS-based evaluation of a local open-space ordinance." Landscape and Urban Planning, 82(1-2): 1-16. DOI:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.01.013. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Zhao, T.T., Brown, Daniel, and K.M. Bergen. 2007. "Increasing gross primary production (GPP) in the urbanizing landscapes of southeastern Michigan." Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 73(10): 1159-1167. Public Access. Worldcat.

Brown, Daniel, Richard Aspinall, and David A. Bennett. 2006. "Landscape models and explanation in landscape ecology- A space for generative landscape science?" Professional Geographer, 58(4): 369-382. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9272.2006.00575.x. Licensed Access.

Brown, Daniel, and Derek T. Robinson. 2006. "Effects of heterogeneity in residential preferences on an agent-based model of urban sprawl." Ecology and Society, 11 (1). Public Access.

Brown, Daniel, and Yichun Xie. 2006. "Spatial agent-based modelling." International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 20(9): 941-943. DOI:10.1080/13658810600830491. Licensed Access.

Brown, Daniel, Boden-Albala, B., Kenneth M. Langa, L.D. Lisabeth, M. Fair, M.A. Smith, R.L. Sacco, and L.B. Morgenstern. 2006. "Projected costs of ischemic stroke in the United States." Neurology, 67(8): 1390-1395. DOI:10.1212/01.wnl.0000237024.16438.20. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Brown, Daniel, R. Riolo, D.T. Robinson, M. North, and W. Rand. 2005. "Spatial Process and Data Models: Toward Integration of Agent-Based Models and GIS." Journal of Geographical Systems, 7(1): 1-23. DOI:10.1007/s10109-005-0148-5. Public Access.

Brown, Daniel, S.E. Page, R.L. Riolo, M. Zellner, and W. Rand. 2005. "Path Dependence and the Validation of Agent-Based Spatial Models of Land-Use." International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 19(2): 153-174. DOI:10.1080/13658810410001713399. Licensed Access.

Bergen, K.M., Daniel Brown, J.F. Rutherford, and E.J. Gustafson. 2005. "Change detection with heterogeneous data using ecoregional stratification, statistical summaries and a land allocation algorithm." Remote Sensing of Environment, 97(4): 434-446. DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2005.03.016. Public Access.

Geddes, C., Daniel Brown, and D.B. Fagre. 2005. "Topography and vegetation as predictors of snow water equivalent (swe) across the alpine treeline ecotone at Lee Ridge, Glacier National Park, Montana." Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 37(2): 197-205. DOI:10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0197:TAVAPO]2.0.CO;2. Licensed Access.

Brown, Daniel, Kenneth M. Johnson, Thomas R. Loveland, and David M. Theobald. 2005. "Rural Land Use Trends in the Conterminous United States, 1950-2000." Ecological Applications, 15(6), 1851-1863. DOI:10.1890/03-5220. Licensed Access.

Fernandez, L.E., Daniel Brown, R.W. Marans, and J.I. Nassauer. 2005. "Characterizing location preferences in an exurban population: Implications for agent based modeling." Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 32(6) 799–820. DOI:10.1068/b3071. Licensed Access.

Brown, Daniel, S.E. Page, R.L. Riolo, and W. Rand. 2004. "Agent Based and Analytical Modeling to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Greenbelts." Environmental Modelling and Software, 19(12): 1097-1109. DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2003.11.012. Licensed Access.

Cifaldi, R., J.D. Allan, J.D. Duh, and Daniel Brown. 2004. "Spatial Patterns in Land Cover of Exurbanizing Watersheds in Southeastern Michigan." Landscape and Urban Planning, 66(2): 107-123. DOI:10.1016/S0169-2046(03)00098-7. Licensed Access.

Brown, Daniel, and J.D. Duh. 2004. "Spatial Simulation for Translating Between Land Use and Land Cover." International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 18(1): 35-60. DOI:10.1080/13658810310001620906. Licensed Access.

Brown, Daniel. 2003. "Land Use and Forest Cover in Private Parcels in the Upper Midwest USA, 1970-1990." Landscape Ecology, 18(8): 777-790. DOI:10.1023/B:LAND.0000014470.16973.cb. Public Access.

Walsh, S.J., L. Bian, S. McKnight, Daniel Brown, and E.S. Hammer. 2003. "Solifluction Steps and Risers, Lee Ridge, Glacier National park, Montana, USA: A Scale and Pattern Analysis." Geomorphology, 55(1-4): 381-398. DOI:10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00151-X. Licensed Access.

Brown, Daniel, P. Goovaerts, A. Burnicki, and M.Y. Li. 2002. "Stochastic Simulation of Land-Cover Change Using Geostatistics and Generalized Additive Models." Phtogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 68(10): 1051-1061. Licensed Access.

Pijanowski, B.C., Daniel Brown, B.A. Shellito, and G.A. Manik. 2002. "Using Neural Nets and GIS to Forecast Land Use Changes: A Land Transformation Model." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 26(6): 553-575. DOI:10.1016/S0198-9715(01)00015-1. Licensed Access.

Bowersox, M.A., and Daniel Brown. 2001. "Measuring the Abruptness of Patchy Ecotones: A simulation-based Comparison of Patch and Edge Metrics." Plant Ecology, 156(1): 89-103. DOI:10.1023/A:1011953007555. Public Access.

Brown, Daniel, and J.M. Olson. 2001. "Integrating Teaching of Geographic Information Science and Physical Geography Through Digital Terrain Analysis." Journal of Geography, 100(1): 4-13. DOI:10.1080/00221340108978412. Licensed Access.

Brown, Daniel, B.C. Pijanowski, and J.D. Duh. 2000. "Modeling the Relationships Between Land-use and Land-cover on Private Lands in the Upper Midwest, USA." Journal of Environmental Management, 59: 247-263. DOI:10.1006/jema.2000.0369. Licensed Access.

Brown, Daniel, J.D. Duh, and S. Drzyzga. 2000. "Estimating Error in an Analysis of Forest Fragmentation Change Using North American Landscape Characterization (NALC) Data." Remote Sensing of Environment, 71: 106-117. DOI:10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00070-X. Licensed Access.

Chapters

Brown, Daniel. 2008. "Simulation." In Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science edited by Kemp, Karen K. Los Angeles: Sage Publications.

Brown, Daniel. 2006. "Agent-based models." In The Earth's Changing Land: An Encyclopedia of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change edited by H. Geist. 7-13. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Duh, J.D., and Daniel Brown. 2005. "Generating prescribed patterns in landscape models." In GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Modeling edited by D. Maguire, M. Goodchild, and M. Batty. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press.

Brown, Daniel, R. Walker, S. Manson, and K. Seto. 2004. "Modeling Land Use and Land Cover Change." In Land Change Science: Observing, Monitoring and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth's Surface edited by G. Gutman, A. C. Janetos, C. O. Justice, E. F. Moran, J. F. Mustard, R. R. Rindfuss, D. L. Skole, B. L. Turner, and M. A. Cochrane. Ch. 23. New York: Springer.

Brown, Daniel, E.A. Addink, J.D. Duh, and M.A. Bowersox. 2004. "Assessing Uncertainty in Spatial Landscape Metrics Derived from Remote Sensing Data." In Remote Sensing and GIS Accuracy Assessment edited by R, Lunetta and J. G. Lyon. Pp. 22-232. Boca Ranton, FL: CRC Press.

Brown, Daniel, G. Elmes, K.K. Kemp, S. Macey, and D. Mark. 2004. "Geographic Information Systems." In Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century edited by G. Gaile and C. J. Wilmott. Pp. 353-375. New York: Oxford University Press.

Lam, N., D. Catts, D. Quattrochi, Daniel Brown, and R. McMaster. 2004. "Scale." In A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science edited by R. B. McMaster and E. L. Usery. Chapter 4. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Drzyzga, S.A., and Daniel Brown. 2002. "Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Owndership Parcels and Forest Cover in Three Counties of Northern Lower Michigan USA, ca. 1970 to 1990." In Linking People, Place, and Policy: A GIScience Approach edited by S. J. Walsh and K. A. CrewsMeyer. Pp. 155-185. Dordrecht: Kluwer.

Brown, Daniel. 2001. "Characterizing the Human Imprint on Landscapes for Ecological Assessment." In A Guidebook for Integrated Ecological Assessments edited by M. Jensen and P. Bourgeron. Pp. 404-415. New York: Springer.

Brown, Daniel. 2000. "A Spectral Unmixing Approach to Leaf Area Index (LAI) Estimation at the Alpine Treeline Ecotone." In GIS and Repote Sensing Applications in Biogeography and Ecology edited by A. C. Millington, S. J. Walsh, and P. E. Osborne. Pp. 7-21. Dordrecht: Kluwer.

Fried, J.S., Daniel Brown, M.O. Zweifler, and M.A. Gold. 2000. "Mapping Contributing Areas for Stormwater Discharge to Streams Using Terrain Analysis." In Terrain Analysis: Principles and Applications edited by J. P. Wilson and J. Gallant. Pp. 183-203. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Brown, Daniel, G.M. Jacquez, J.D. Duh, and S. maruca. 2000. "Accuracy of Remotely Sensed Estimates of Landscape Change Using Patch- and Edge-based Pattern Statistics." In Spatial Accuracy 2000 edited by M. J. P. M. Lemmens, G. Heuvelink, et al.. Pp. 75-82. Amsterdam: Delft University Press.


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