ABSTRACT
In this chapter we describe the results of some experimental applications of a knowledge discovery learning tool (decision trees, see previous chapter) aimed at discovering the relations and rules driving the evolution of some specific urban and territorial systems. We carried out two groups of experiments, connected to two different case-studies:
1. the effect of urban growth on the agricultural system of the "Pisa urban area" between 1978 and 1992;
2. the evolution of land use in the metropolitan area of Rome between 1981 and 1991.
