Dr. Niklaus Zimmermann
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The
Research Unit seeks to understand the mechanisms and dynamics of land
use and land-use change on a range of spatial scales and evaluates the
environmental consequences of these changes at the landscape scale.
Historical and contemporary uses of natural and anthropogenic
land-cover types (e.g. forests, grasslands, agricultural land or
settlements) are analysed, and the forces driving these changes are
evaluated, based upon an understanding of ecological and socioeconomic
processes. A range of well-established explorative, predictive and
dynamic models will be used to assess and forecast the larger scale
ecological and societal consequences of land use change. Scenario
building and decision support tools are developed and applied to derive
and evaluate new management options. The Unit thus contributes to
growing efforts worldwide to survey global change effects at a range of
spatial scales more precisely (e.g. in- and extensification of land use
and its consequences on land cover, water balance, net primary
production or carbon balance along the gradient from built-up to
natural areas). Processes are considered at the local, national,
European, and global level.
Partners and
stakeholders of this Unit include researchers within WSL and in the
international scientific community, land users and public
administrations.
Zentrum Landschaft WSL
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Im Frühling 2012 etablierte die WSL das Zentrum Landschaft. Es hat folgende Ziele: Wissenstransfer zu WSL-Stakeholdern unterstützen, Forschende innerhalb und ausserhalb der WSL verbinden, Forschung und Lehre zu Landschaftsthemen fördern.
Verfügbare Sprachen:
deutsch
englisch
französisch
italienisch
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