Comparing the structural uncertainty and uncertainty management in four common Land Use Cover Change (LUCC) model software packages García Álvarez, David Camacho Olmedo, María Teresa Uncertainty LUCC modeling CA_Markov Dinamica EGO Land change modeler Metronamica Research on the uncertainty of Land Use Cover Change (LUCC) models is still limited. Through this paper, we aim to globally characterize the structural uncertainty of four common software packages (CA_Markov, Dinamica EGO, Land Change Modeler, Metronamica) and analyse the options that they offer for uncertainty management. The models have been compared qualitatively, based on their structures and tools, and quantitatively, through a study case for the city of Cape Town. Results proved how each model conceptualised the modelled system in a different way, which led to different outputs. Statistical or automatic approaches did not provide higher repeatability or validation scores than user-driven approaches. The available options for uncertainty management vary depending on the model. Communication of uncertainties is poor across all models. 2022-06-28T08:08:29Z 2022-06-28T08:08:29Z 2022-05-17 info:eu-repo/semantics/article David García-Álvarez... [et al.]. Comparing the structural uncertainty and uncertainty management in four common Land Use Cover Change (LUCC) model software packages, Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 153, 2022, 105411, ISSN 1364-8152, [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105411] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/75692 10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105411 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España Elsevier