Land-use systems
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Head:Dr. Anna Hersperger
The land-use systems group studies landscape patterns and processes and their changes over time. We focus on cultural landscapes and their multifunctionality while conducting research in the following topics:
- Development of models for simulating future landscape dynamics and for estimating the resulting landscape services;
- Application and further development of landscape genetic methods and theories;
- Analysis of historical changes in ecosystems and landscapes (focus on the past 100 to 250 years);
- Analysis of ecological implications of landscape and ecosystem changes in the context of the field of historical ecology;
- Analysis of actors, driving forces, and land change and their interaction to understand the causes of landscape change
- Contributing to the further development of landscape planning, based, for example, on conflict analysis and the evaluation of planning instruments.
The land-use systems group combines methods and theories from natural sciences and social sciences on spatial scales from single ecosystems to continents. We are equally committed to theory development and innovative applications.
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Land-use systems
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Services and Products
Scenarios of land-use change for download
Person in charge:
Bronwyn Price
Urban Sprawl Metrics tool (USM)
Person in charge:
Felix Kienast
Publications
Die Berechnung der neusten Entwicklung der Zersiedelung zeigt räumliche Disparitäten auf. Basierend darauf macht das Buch Vorschläge zu Ziel- und Grenzwerten und stellt dar, wie diese Vorschläge in der raumplanerischen Gesetzgebung umgesetzt werden könnten.
Bristol-Schriftenreihe 57
2018
Focus WSL magazine Diagonal, 2/17: Whatever we do, we change the landscape. Our landscape researchers take a closer look so that we can shape these transformations together.
Hossu, C.A.; Iojă, I.C.; Mitincu, C.G.; Artmann, M.; Hersperger, A.M., 2021: Assessing planning implementation using the conformance and performance approach: The case of Romania's local environmental action plans. Journal of Environmental Management, 299: 113680 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113680
Arıkan, B.; Mohr, F.; Bürgi, M., 2021: Exploring the common ground of landscape ecology and landscape archaeology through a case study from eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Landscape Ecology, 36: 2295-2315. doi: 10.1007/s10980-020-01128-z
Eggimann, S.; Lischer, P.; Bolliger, J., 2021: «Grau zu grün»: Analyse zum Transformationspotential des Strassenraums in der Stadt Zürich. Projet d'analyse du potentiel de «transformation verte» de l'espace routier en ville de Zurich. Nature + Paysage. Natur + Landschaft: Inside, 26-28.
Kienast, F.; Walters, G.; Bürgi, M., 2021: Landscape ecology reaching out. Landscape Ecology, 36: 2189-2198. doi: 10.1007/s10980-021-01301-y
Hersperger, A.M.; Grădinaru, S.R.; Pierri Daunt, A.B.; Imhof, C.S.; Fan, P., 2021: Landscape ecological concepts in planning: review of recent developments. Landscape Ecology, 36: 2329-2345. doi: 10.1007/s10980-021-01193-y
Domingo, D.; Lamelas, M.T.; García, M.B., 2021: Caracterización de cambios estructurales en la vegetación y su relación con la severidad del fuego mediante datos LiDAR multi-temporales. Ecosistemas, 30, 2: 1-10. doi: 10.7818/ECOS.2103
Schrammeijer, E.A.; Van Zanten, B.T.; Verburg, P.H., 2021: Whose park? Crowdsourcing citizen's urban green space preferences to inform needs-based management decisions. Sustainable Cities and Society, 74: 103249 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.103249
Leijten, F.; Sim, S.; King, H.; Verburg, P.H., 2021: Local deforestation spillovers induced by forest moratoria: evidence from Indonesia. Land Use Policy, 109: 105690 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105690
Rounsevell, M.D.A.; Arneth, A.; Brown, C.; Cheung, W.W.L.; Gimenez, O.; Holman, I.; Leadley, P.; Luján, C.; Mahevas, S.; Maréchaux, I.; Pélissier, R.; Verburg, P.H.; Vieilledent, G.; Wintle, B.A.; Shin, Y.J., 2021: Identifying uncertainties in scenarios and models of socio-ecological systems in support of decision-making. One Earth, 4, 7: 967-985. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.06.003
Laroche, P.C.S.J.; Schulp, C.J.E.; Kastner, T.; Verburg, P.H., 2021: Assessing the contribution of mobility in the European Union to rubber expansion. Ambio, doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01579-x
Casanelles, J.; Müller, S.; Moretti, M.; Tobias, S.; Saluz, A.; Heinrich, A.; Tausendpfund, D.; Krieger, M.; Schindler, A., 2021: Stadtbäume der Zukunft. Forschungsbericht des Vorprojekts zH Grün Stadt Zürich. 65 p.
Wartmann, F.M.; Stride, C.B.; Kienast, F.; Hunziker, M., 2021: Relating landscape ecological metrics with public survey data on perceived landscape quality and place attachment. Landscape Ecology, doi: 10.1007/s10980-021-01290-y
Salak, B.; Lindberg, K.; Kienast, F.; Hunziker, M., 2021: Hybrid choice model dataset of a representative Swiss online panel survey on peoples' preferences related to mixed renewable energy scenarios in landscapes and the effect of landscape-technology fit. Data in Brief, 36: 107025 (21 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107025
Molina Maturano, J.; García Serrano, L.A.; Carmona García, J.A.; García de Alva Magos, M.A.; Hersperger, A.M., 2021: An indicator-based sustainability assessment method for indigenous communities: a case study from Mexico. Environment, Development and Sustainability, doi: 10.1007/s10668-021-01567-x
Fertner, C.; Folvig, S.; Aagaard Christensen, A.; Grønning, M.; Galland, D.; Ruthledal, B.; Le Diraison, M.; Hersperger, A.; Tobias, S.; Wittenwiler, C.; Grunfelder, J.; Cuadrado, A., 2021: DIGIPLAN - final report. Evaluating spatial planning practices with digital plan data. Targeted analysis. 65 p.
Kienast, F.; Ströbele, M.; Schüpbach, U., 2021: The Forum Landscape, Alps, Parks (FoLAP). Mountain Research and Development, 41, 1: P1-P3. doi: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-20-00074.1
O'Connor, L.M.J.; Pollock, L.J.; Renaud, J.; Verhagen, W.; Verburg, P.H.; Lavorel, S.; Maiorano, L.; Thuiller, W., 2021: Balancing conservation priorities for nature and for people in Europe. Science, 372, 6544: 856-860. doi: 10.1126/science.abc4896
He, Z.; Zhao, C.; Fürst, C.; Hersperger, A.M., 2021: Closer to causality: How effective is spatial planning in governing built-up land expansion in Fujian Province, China?. Land Use Policy, 108: 105562 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105562
Maron, M.; Juffe-Bignoli, D.; Krueger, L.; Kiesecker, J.; Kümpel, NoëlleF.; Ten Kate, K.; Milner-Gulland, E.J.; Arlidge, W.N.S.; Booth, H.; Bull, J.W.; Starkey, M.; Ekstrom, J.M.; Strassburg, B.; Verburg, P.H.; Watson, J.E.M., 2021: Setting robust biodiversity goals. Conservation Letters, doi: 10.1111/conl.12816
Schmid, F.B.; Kienast, F.; Hersperger, A.M., 2021: The compliance of land-use planning with strategic spatial planning–insights from Zurich, Switzerland. European Planning Studies, 29, 7: 1231-1250. doi: 10.1080/09654313.2020.1840522
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