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| Kaza, Nikhil; Towe, Charles A.; Ye, Xin. |
| The need for models that forecast land use change spans many disciplines and encompasses many approaches. Pattern-based models were the first in which projections of change at specific locations in actual landscapes could be predicted. In contrast, recent economic models have modeled the underlying behavioral process that produces land use change. This paper combines attributes from each approach into a hybrid model using a multiple discrete continuous extreme value formulation that allows for multiple conversion types, while also estimating the intensity of each type of conversion, which is an important but often overlooked dimension. We demonstrate the simulation routine, which successfully predicts a majority of growth by type, time, and location at a... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: MDCEV; Land conversion; Regional planning; Urban growth policy; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120447 |
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| Parkins, John R; University of Alberta; jparkins@ualberta.ca. |
| Cumulative effects assessment is a process of scientific analysis, social choice, and public policy development, yet the linkages among these domains are often less than transparent. Limits to scientific and technical assessment, issues of power and control of information, and episodic forms of civic engagement represent serious challenges to meaningful understanding of cumulative effects assessment and land-use planning. In articulating these challenges, I draw on case studies from Ontario's Lands for Life and Alberta's Land-use Framework to illustrate current limitations to cumulative effects assessment on public lands in Canada. As a partial remedy for these limitations, insights into a pragmatic approach to impact assessment, in contrast to... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Case study; Environmental sociology; Land-use Framework; Lands for Life; Regional planning; Social imaginary. |
| Ano: 2011 |
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| Opdam, Paul; Alterra Landscape Centre, Wageningen University and Research; Department of Land Use Planning, Wageningen University; paul.opdam@wur.nl; Pouwels, Rogier; Alterra Landscape Centre, Wageningen University and Research; rogier.pouwels@wur.nl; Rooij, Sabine van; Alterra Landscape Centre, Wageningen University and Research; sabine.vanrooij@wur.nl; Vos, Claire C; Alterra Landscape Centre, Wageningen University and Research; claire.vos@wur.nl. |
| In highly developed regions, ecosystems are often severely fragmented, whereas the conservation of biodiversity is highly rated. Regional and local actor groups are often involved in the regional planning, but when making decisions they make insufficient use of scientific knowledge of the ecological system that is being changed. The ecological basis of regional landscape change would be improved if knowledge-based systems tailored to the cyclic process of planning and negotiation and to the expertise of planners, designers and local interest groups were available. If regional development is to be sustainable, goals for biodiversity must be set in relation to the actual and demanded patterns of ecosystems. We infer a set of prerequisites for the effective... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Synthesis |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity targets; Ecosystem networks; Landscape ecology; Metapopulation persistence; Multifunctional landscapes; Multi-stakeholder decision making; Regional planning; Sustainable development. |
| Ano: 2008 |
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| The regional subsidiary bodies of the IOC have been developed since the middle 1970s and in particular during the 1980s to foster intergovernmental co-operation in marine sciences. The basic ideas are that regional co-operation including that of marine science is a necessity because of the dynamics of the ocean and the marine environment (as well as its resources); because a regional perspective helps define priorities and priority needs; because of the pooling efforts and because it fosters regional and national development and supports a multi-lateral economy; because to address many marine problems on a regional rather than a national or global basis is more effective in view of the dynamical properties of the ocean environment and its interactions with... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Oceanographic data; Regional planning. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1605 |
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