The research project spatial demands of society investigates the needs and requirements towards landscape use and future spatial development among the general population, in order to provide a base for land use planning in (Swiss) sub- and peri-urban regions experiencing a high level of building and development pressure.

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Different spatial claims may lead to conflicts between different usages. Our project explores, how such land use conflicts emerge and how they can be resolved or avoided. Out of that, we derive strategies and measures for conflict management and we will develop a guideline for the praxis.

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Richtplancontrollings überprüfen laufend die Zielerreichung und den Mitteleinsatz der Richtplanung. Dazu braucht es ein Set an Indikatoren, welche den integralen Charakter von Landschaften zu erfassen vermögen. Das Projekt "Richtplancontrolling Landschaft" soll ein solches Set an Indikatoren definieren und Grundlagen für einen kantonalen Vergleich erarbeiten.

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C3-Alps synthesizes, transfers and implements in policy and practice results of previous Alpine Space Programme projects on climate change adaptation. In Work Package 4 we will assess the performance and governance, strengths and weaknesses as well as the science-policy interface of existing adaptation policies in Alpine countries.

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One of the most challenging tasks for European urban areas is to deal with demographic, economic and physical contraction processes and to plan for the future of cities worth living in. The project aims at fostering knowledge on shrinking cities and urban regeneration strategies in Switzerland.

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At the WSL in Bellinzona we started developing a new monoplotting interface with the aim of offering an intuitive platform for georeferencing and orthorectifying ordinary individual photographs in order to produce georeferenced vector data by drawing them directly on the pictures and exchanging them with traditional GIS-Systems.

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Lötschental offers an ideal setting to study the influence of global warming on tree-growth

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Since as early as the 16th century, botanists have been collecting data and recording the flora on summits in the Alps with the purpose of documenting the limits of plant life in association with permanent snowfields and glaciers. How has summit vegetation changed since these early records? Based on new vegetation surveys on 150 peaks and passes, the SLF examines whether and how the climate has shaped high-alpine plant life during the last century.

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The new WSL research programme Room for People and Nature is examining the future development of intensively exploited regions, and intends to formulate basic principles for managing them in a sustainable way. It is being established and implemented in close collaboration with practitioners.

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HILACOS Historical Land Cover Switzerland

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