Research Group
SALAS – Simulation and Analysis of Land Systems
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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.
Current Projects
UrbanGaia - Managing urban Biodiversity and Green Infrastructure to increase city resilience (
UrbanGaia
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Land use conflicts (IP12)
Case study central Germany
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
Publications (selection)
2021 (6)
- Gosal, A.S., Giannichi, M.L., Beckmann, M., Comber, A., Massenberg, J.R., Palliwoda, J., Roddis, P., Schägner, J.P., Wilson, J., Ziv, G. (2021):
Do drivers of nature visitation vary spatially? The importance of context for understanding visitation of nature areas in Europe and North America
Sci. Total Environ. 776 , art. 145190 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145190 - Palliwoda, J., Büermann, A., Fischer, J., Kraemer, R., Schröter, M. (2021):
Zoning of UNESCO biosphere reserves: a comprehensive set of geodata for Europe
Front. Ecol. Evol. 9 , art. 736358 10.3389/fevo.2021.736358 - Palliwoda, J., Fischer, J., Felipe-Lucia, M.R., Palomo, I., Neugarten, R., Büermann, A., Price, M.F., Torralba, M., Eigenbrod, F., Mitchell, M.G.E., Beckmann, M., Seppelt, R., Schröter, M. (2021):
Ecosystem service coproduction across the zones of biosphere reserves in Europe
Ecosyst. People 17 (1), 491 - 506 10.1080/26395916.2021.1968501 - Palliwoda, J., Priess, J.A. (2021):
What do people value in urban green? Linking characteristics of urban green spaces to users’ perceptions of nature benefits, disturbances, and disservices
Ecol. Soc. 26 (1), art. 28 10.5751/ES-12204-260128 - Priess, J.A., Pinto, L.V., Misiune, I., Palliwoda, J. (2021):
Ecosystem service use and the motivations for use in central parks in three European cities
Land 10 (2), art. 154 10.3390/land10020154 - Schröter, M., Crouzat, E., Hölting, L., Massenberg, J.R., Rode, J., Hanisch, M., Kabisch, N., Palliwoda, J., Priess, J.A., Seppelt, R., Beckmann, M. (2021):
Assumptions in ecosystem service assessments: Increasing transparency for conservation
Ambio 50 (2), 289 - 300 10.1007/s13280-020-01379-9
2020 (2)
- Carmen, R., Jacobs, S., Leone, M., Palliwoda, J., Pinto, L., Misiune, I., Priess, J.A., Pereira, P., Wanner, S., Ferreira, C.S., Ferreira, A. (2020):
Keep it real: selecting realistic sets of urban green space indicators
Environ. Res. Lett. 15 (9), art. 095001 10.1088/1748-9326/ab9465 - Palliwoda, J., Banzhaf, E., Priess, J.A. (2020):
How do the green components of urban green infrastructure influence the use of ecosystem services? Examples from Leipzig, Germany
Landsc. Ecol. 35 (5), 1127 - 1142 10.1007/s10980-020-01004-w
2019 (1)
- Pinto, L.V., Ferreira, C.S.S., Pereira, P., Jacobs, S., Misiune, I., Leone, M., Palliwoda, J., Priess, J., Ferreira, A.D. (2019):
Integration of ecosystem services and green and blue infrastructures concepts in the land use planning process: The Coimbra Case Study
Proceedings 30 (1), art. 90 10.3390/proceedings2019030090
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
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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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