**SPATIAL ANALYSIS, MODELLING AND PLANNING**

Edited by **Jorge Rocha** and **José António Tenedório**

#### **Spatial Analysis, Modelling and Planning**

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.74452 Edited by Jorge Rocha and José António Tenedório

#### **Contributors**

Ana Cristina Gonçalves, Adélia Sousa, Lenwood Hall, Ronald Anderson, Khalid Al-Ahmadi, Andreas Rienow, Frank Thonfeld, Nora Schneevoigt, Diego Montenegro, Ana Da Cunha, Ingrid Machado, Lili Duraes, Stefan Vilges De Oliveira, Marcel Pedroso, Gilberto Gazêta, Reginaldo Brazil, Brooks C Pearson, Brian Ways, Valentina Svalova, Andreas Koch, Hélder Lopes, Paula Remoaldo, Vítor Ribeiro, Toshiaki Ichinose, Norman Schofield, Fred Bidandi, John James Williams, Jorge Rocha, José António Tenedório

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