Editing Land use (section)

=== Land change modeling ===
A key method for studying risk and vulnerability is [[land change modeling]] (LCM), which can be used to simulate changes and land use and land cover.<ref name=":10">{{Cite journal |last1=Van Vliet |first1=Jasper |last2=Bregt |first2=Arnold K. |last3=Brown |first3=Daniel G. |last4=Van Delden |first4=Hedwig |last5=Heckbert |first5=Scott |last6=Verburg |first6=Peter H. |date=2016-08-01 |title=A review of current calibration and validation practices in land-change modeling |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364815216301128 |url-status=live |journal=Environmental Modelling & Software |language=en |volume=82 |pages=174–182 |bibcode=2016EnvMS..82..174V |doi=10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.04.017 |issn=1364-8152 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418185310/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364815216301128 |archive-date=2021-04-18 |access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref> LCMs can be used to predict how land use and land cover may change under alternate circumstances, which is useful for risk assessment, in that it allows for the prediction of potential impacts and can be used to inform policy decisions, albeit with some uncertainty.<ref name=":10" />{{excerpt|land change modeling}}