Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.02.008 |
| Title (Primary) | A generic tool for optimising land-use patterns and landscape structures |
| Author | Holzkämper, A.; Seppelt, R. |
| Source Titel | Environmental Modelling & Software |
| Year | 2007 |
| Department | CLE |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Page From | 1801 |
| Page To | 1804 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | Genetic algorithm; Land-use pattern optimisation; Conservation management; Landscape metrics |
| Abstract | We present a flexible and easy to use genetic algorithm-based library for optimising the spatial configurations of land-use. LUPOlib, the and-se attern ptimisation-rary, can be applied to a variety of spatial planning problems to derive target-driven scenarios that identify trade-offs between conflicting objectives and solve optimum allocation problems (e.g. allocation of reserve sites or management actions). A major novelty is that spatial changes are performed according to a patch topology that allows to simultaneously integrate changes of different landscape elements (e.g. in agricultural fields and linear changes along corridors). The objective function evaluation is based on a grid representation of the landscape where neighbourhood dependencies like lateral flows or the landscape pattern can explicitly be considered. A parameter file allows the user to control the optimisation, the modelled land-use changes, objective weightings and constraints as well as input data. Only the case study-specific objective function needs to be specified in the source code. LUPOlib has been applied so far in two case studies to find optimum trade-offs between habitat requirements of three different bird species and to analyse cost-effectiveness of management actions for species conservation. The results suggest that LUPOlib can be a useful tool to support management decisions. It could be used as an extension to a GIS and for spatially explicit decision support tools. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=1888 |
| Holzkämper, A., Seppelt, R. (2007): A generic tool for optimising land-use patterns and landscape structures Environ. Modell. Softw. 22 (12), 1801 - 1804 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.02.008 |
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