Research Group

SALASSimulation and Analysis of Land Systems

SALAS
Projects & Study Regions Methods, Products & Tools Contact Publications & Partners

Short description


The research group SALAS (Simulation and Analysis of LAnd Systems) focuses on the analysis of land use and land-use change and its impacts on different environmental factors. The analyses are mostly conducted at regional scale and have varying thematic and spatial foci (e.g. land use change in Central Germany; green infrastructure in European cities). The scientific approach is mostly based on models and methods to investigate land-use change as well as its environmental impacts. Therefore, different empirical or process-based models are used (e.g DINAMICA, ESTIMAP, INVEST…), which we adapt to match case study requirements.

As a second focus, we develop scenarios, mostly related to land-use simulations, to quantify scenario assumptions and assess potential impacts of future land-use change trajectories.

The third focus is on mapping and assessment of ecosystem services, either in the context of the modelling and scenario approaches mentioned above, or as an independent research approach. For the latter we are developing the smartphone-based application MapNat (MapNat) to map ecosystem services.


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Current Projects 

UrbanGaia - Managing urban Biodiversity and Green Infrastructure to increase city resilience ( UrbanGaia )

Land use conflicts (IP12)
         Case study central Germany

Completed Projects

OpenNESS

SECTOR

MoMo

Storma


Methods, Products & Tools

  • Adaptation and development of simulation models for a computer-based analysis of research questions
  • Development of scenarios and methods for scenario development, partly in participatory approaches including stakeholder consultation
  • Development of sustainability indicators and indicator systems
  • Development of the smartphone-based application MapNat for ecosystem service mapping ( MapNat )

Contacts

Dr. Joerg Priess

Phone: ++49 341 235 1879
Fax: ++49 341 235 1939
joerg.priess@ufz.de


Publications (selection)

2021 (6)

2020 (6)

2019 (7)

2018 (11)

  • Barton, D.N., Kelemen, E., Dick, J., Martin-Lopez, B., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Jacobs, S., Hendriks, C.M.A., Termansen, M., García-Llorente, M., Primmer, E., Dunford, R., Harrison, P.A., Turkelboom, F., Saarikoski, H., van Dijk, J., Rusch, G.M., Palomo, I., Yli-Pelkonen, V.J., Carvalho, L., Baró, F., Langemeyer, J., Tjalling van der Wal, J., Mederly, P., Priess, J.A., Luque, S., Berry, P., Santos, R., Odee, D., Martines Pastur, G., García Blanco, G., Saarela, S.-R., Silaghi, D., Pataki, G., Masi, F., Vadineanu, A., Mukhopadhyay, R., Lapola, D.M. (2018):
    (Dis) integrated valuation – Assessing the information gaps in ecosystem service appraisals for governance support
    Ecosyst. Serv. 29 (Part C), 529 - 541 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.021
  • Dick, J., Turkelboom, F., Woods, H., Iniesta-Arandia, I., Primmer, E., Saarela, S.-R., Bezák, P., Mederly, P., Leone, M., Verheyden, W., Kelemen, E., Hauck, J., Andrews, S., Antunes, P., Aszalós, R., Baró, F., Barton, D.N., Berry, P., Bugter, R., Carvalho, L., Czúcz, B., Dunford, R., Garcia Blanco, G., Geamana, N., Giuca, R., Grizzetti, B., Izakovicova, Z., Kertész, M., Kopperoinen, L., Langemeyer, J., Lapola, D.M., Liquete, C., Luque, S., Martínez Pastur, G., Martin-Lopez, B., Mukhopadhyay, R., Niemela, J., Odee, D., Peri, P.L., Pinho, P., Patrício-Roberto, G.B., Preda, E., Priess, J., Röckmann, C., Santos, R., Silaghi, D., Smith, R., Vadineanu, A., van der Wal, J.T., Arany, I., Badea, O., Bela, G., Boros, E., Bucur, M., Blumentrath, S., Calvache, M., Carmen, E., Clemente, P., Fernandes, J., Ferraz, D., Fongar, C., García-Llorente, M., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Gundersen, V., Haavardsholm, O., Kalóczkai, A., Khalalwe, T., Kiss, G., Köhler, B., Lazányi, O., Lellei-Kovács, E., Lichungu, R., Lindhjem, H., Magare, C., Mustajoki, J., Ndege, C., Nowell, M., Nuss Girona, S., Ochieng, J., Often, A., Palomo, I., Pataki, G., Reinvang, R., Rusch, G., Saarikoski, H., Smith, A., Soy Massoni, E., Stange, E., Vågnes Traaholt, N., Vári, A., Verweij, P., Vikström, S., Yli-Pelkonen, V., Zulian, G. (2018):
    Stakeholders’ perspectives on the operationalisation of the ecosystem service concept: Results from 27 case studies
    Ecosyst. Serv. 29 (Part C), 552 - 565 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.09.015
  • Dunford, R., Harrison, P., Smith, A., Dick, J., Barton, D.N., Martin-Lopez, B., Kelemen, E., Jacobs, S., Saarikoski, H., Turkelboom, F., Verheyden, W., Hauck, J., Antunes, P., Aszalós, R., Badea, O., Baró, F., Berry, P., Carvalho, L., Conte, G., Czúcz, B., Garcia Blanco, G., Howard, D., Giuca, R., Gomez-Baggethun, E., Grizetti, B., Izakovicova, Z., Kopperoinen, L., Langemeyer, J., Luque, S., Lapola, D.M., Martinez-Pastur, G., Mukhopadhyay, R., Roy, S.B., Niemelä, J., Norton, L., Ochieng, J., Odee, D., Palomo, I., Pinho, P., Priess, J., Rusch, G., Saarela, S.-R., Santos, R., van der Wal, J.T., Vadineanu, A., Vári, A., Woods, H., Yli-Pelkonen, V. (2018):
    Integrating methods for ecosystem service assessment: Experiences from real world situations
    Ecosyst. Serv. 29 (Part C), 499 - 514 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.014
  • Hofmann, J., Ibisch, R., Karthe, D., Scharaw, B., Schäffer, M., Hartwig, M., Theuring, P., Rode, M., Avlyush, S., Watson, V., Bremerich, V., Osor, G., Kaus, A., Westphal, K., Pfeiffer, M., Priess, J., Schweitzer, C., Krätz, D., Gröning, J., Hürdler, J., Batbayar, G., Heldt, S., Büttner, O., Borchardt, D. (2018):
    Metadata describing the Kharaa Yeröö River Basin Water Quality Database
    Freshwater Metadata Journal 36 , 1 - 10 10.15504/fmj.2018.36
  • Jacobs, S., Martín-López, B., Barton, D.N., Dunford, R., Harrison, P.A., Kelemen, E., Saarikoski, H., Termansen, M., García-Llorente, M., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Kopperoinen, L., Luque, S., Palomo, I., Priess, J.A., Rusch, G.M., Tenerelli, P., Turkelboom, F., Demeyer, R., Hauck, J., Keune, H., Smith, R. (2018):
    The means determine the end – Pursuing integrated valuation in practice
    Ecosyst. Serv. 29 (Part C), 515 - 528 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.07.011
  • Priess, J.A., Hauck, J., Haines-Young, R., Alkemade, R., Mandryk, M., Veerkamp, C., Gyorgyi, B., Dunford, R., Berry, P., Harrison, P., Dick, J., Keune, H., Kok, K., Kopperoinen, L., Lazarova, T., Maes, J., Pataki, G., Preda, E., Schleyer, C., Görg, C., Vadineanu, A., Zulian, G. (2018):
    New EU-scale environmental scenarios until 2050 – Scenario process and initial scenario applications
    Ecosyst. Serv. 29 (Part C), 542 - 551 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.08.006
  • Pueffel, C., Haase, D., Priess, J.A. (2018):
    Mapping ecosystem services on brownfields in Leipzig, Germany
    Ecosyst. Serv. 30 (Part A), 73 - 85 10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.01.011
  • Saarikoski, H., Primmer, E., Saarela, S.-R., Antunes, P., Aszalós, R., Baró, F., Berry, P., Blanko, G.G., Goméz-Baggethun, E., Carvalho, L., Dick, J., Dunford, R., Hanzu, M., Harrison, P.A., Izakovicova, Z., Kertész, M., Kopperoinen, L., Köhler, B., Langemeyer, J., Lapola, D., Liquete, C., Luque, S., Mederly, P., Niemelä, J., Palomo, I., Martinez Pastur, G., Peri, P.L., Preda, E., Priess, J.A., Santos, R., Schleyer, C., Turkelboom, F., Vadineanu, A., Verheyden, W., Vikström, S., Young, J. (2018):
    Institutional challenges in putting ecosystem service knowledge in practice
    Ecosyst. Serv. 29 (Part c), 579 - 598 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.07.019
  • Turkelboom, F., Leone, M., Jacobs, S., Kelemen, E., García-Llorente, M., Baró, F., Termansen, M., Barton, D.N., Berry, P., Stange, E., Thoonen, M., Kalóczkai, A., Vadineanu, A., Castro, A.J., Czúcz, B., Röckmann, C., Wurbs, D., Odee, D., Preda, E., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Rusch, G.M., Martínez Pastur, G., Palomo, I., Dick, J., Casaer, J., van Dijk, J., Priess, J.A., Langemeyer, J., Mustajoki, J., Kopperoinen, L., Baptist, M.J., Peri, P.L., Mukhopadhyay, R., Aszalós, R., Roy, S.B., Luque, S., Rusch, V. (2018):
    When we cannot have it all: Ecosystem services trade-offs in the context of spatial planning
    Ecosyst. Serv. 29 (Part C), 566 - 578 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.011
  • Yalew, S.G., Pilz, T., Schweitzer, C., Liersch, S., van der Kwast, J., van Griensven, A., Mul, M.L., Dickens, C., van der Zaag, P. (2018):
    Coupling land-use change and hydrologic models for quantification of catchment ecosystem services
    Environ. Modell. Softw. 109 , 315 - 328 10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.08.029
  • Zulian, G., Stange, E., Woods, H., Carvalho, L., Dick, J., Andrews, C., Baró, F., Vizcaino, P., Barton, D.N., Nowell, M., Rusch, G.M., Autunes, P., Fernandes, J., Ferraz, D., dos Santos, R.F., Aszalós, R., Arany, I., Czúcz, B., Priess, J.A., Hoyer, C., Bürger-Patricio, G., Lapola, D., Mederly, P., Halabuk, A., Bezak, P., Kopperoinen, L., Viinikka, A. (2018):
    Practical application of spatial ecosystem service models to aid decision support
    Ecosyst. Serv. 29 (Part C), 465 - 480 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.11.005

2017 (6)

2016 (4)

2015 (4)

2014 (5)


 Partners

David Barton (Ecosystem service mapping)
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research - NINA, Oslo, Norway
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Ines Dombrowsky & Anabell Houdret (Governance of land & water use)
Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management / Umweltpolitik und Ressourcenmanagement
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik - DIE, Bonn, Germany
Link

Roy Haines-Young & Marion Potschin (Ecosystem service assessment, participatory research, scenario development)
Centre for Environmental Management - CEM
Universitiy of Nottingham - Nottingham, UK
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David M. Lapola (Land use, ecosystem services & mapping, bioenergy systems)
Earth System Science Lab / Laboratória de Ciência do Sistema Terrestre - LabTerra
Universidade Estadual Pauliste - UNESP, Rio Claro, Brazil
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Patricia Pinho (Land use, participatory research, environmental justice)
Interdisciplinary Climate Investigation Center - INCLINE
Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Ann van Griensven (Hydrological modelling, SITE - SWAT model coupling)
Dept. of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Brussels, Belgium
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