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 landscape ecology 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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Staff
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.
Laroche, P.C.S.J.; Schulp, C.J.E.; Kastner, T.; Verburg, P.H., 2020: Telecoupled environmental impacts of current and alternative Western diets. Global Environmental Change, 62: 102066 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102066
Churko, G.; Kienast, F.; Bolliger, J., 2020: A multispecies assessment to identify the functional connectivity of amphibians in a human-dominated landscape. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9, 5: 287 (18 pp.). doi: 10.3390/ijgi9050287
Bolliger, J.; Hennet, T.; Wermelinger, B.; Blum, S.; Haller, J.; Obrist, M.K., 2020: Low impact of two LED colors on nocturnal insect abundance and bat activity in a peri-urban environment. Journal of Insect Conservation, doi: 10.1007/s10841-020-00235-1
Komossa, F.; Wartmann, F.M.; Kienast, F.; Verburg, P.H., 2020: Comparing outdoor recreation preferences in peri-urban landscapes using different data gathering methods. Landscape and Urban Planning, 199: 103796 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103796
Tellman, B.; Magliocca, N.R.; Turner II, B.L.; Verburg, P.H., 2020: Understanding the role of illicit transactions in land-change dynamics. Nature Sustainability, 3, 3: 175-181. doi: 10.1038/s41893-019-0457-1
Shirmohammadi, B.; Malekian, A.; Salajegheh, A.; Taheri, B.; Azarnivand, H.; Malek, Z.; Verburg, P.H., 2020: Scenario analysis for integrated water resources management under future land use change in the Urmia Lake region, Iran. Land Use Policy, 90: 104299 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104299
Prestele, R.; Verburg, P.H., 2020: The overlooked spatial dimension of climate-smart agriculture. Global Change Biology, 26, 3: 1045-1054. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14940
Semančíková, E.; Grădinaru, S.R.; Aubrechtová, T.; Hersperger, A.M., 2020: Framing fragmentation in strategic policy documents in spatial planning and environmental domains: differences and similarities. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 63, 3: 415-432. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2019.1589433
Kienast, F.; Martius, G.; Gosteli, S., 2020: Erster weltweit zugänglicher Onlinekurs für Landschaftsökologie. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 171, 2: 104.
Grădinaru, S.R.; Fan, P.; Iojă, C.I.; Niță, M.R.; Suditu, B.; Hersperger, A.M., 2020: Impact of national policies on patterns of built-up development: an assessment over three decades. Land Use Policy, 94: 104510 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104510
Gelabert, P.J.; Montealegre, A.L.; Lamelas, M.T.; Domingo, D., 2020: Forest structural diversity characterization in Mediterranean landscapes affected by fires using Airborne Laser Scanning data. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/15481603.2020.1738060
Firozjaei, M.K.; Weng, Q.; Zhao, C.; Kiavarz, M.; Lu, L.; Alavipanah, S.K., 2020: Surface anthropogenic heat islands in six megacities: an assessment based on a triple-source surface energy balance model. Remote Sensing of Environment, 242: 111751 (22 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.111751
Bolliger, J.; Silbernagel, J., 2020: Contribution of connectivity assessments to green infrastructure (GI). ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9, 4: 212 (17 pp.). doi: 10.3390/ijgi9040212
Bacău, S.; Grădinaru, S.R.; Hersperger, A.M., 2020: Spatial plans as relational data: using social network analysis to assess consistency among Bucharest's planning instruments. Land Use Policy, 92: 104484 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104484
Tobias, S.; Price, B., 2020: How effective is spatial planning for cropland protection? An assessment based on land-use scenarios. Land, 9, 2: 43 (20 pp.). doi: 10.3390/land9020043
Shirmohammadi, B.; Malekian, A.; Salajegheh, A.; Taheri, B.; Azarnivand, H.; Malek, Z.; Verburg, P.H., 2020: Impacts of future climate and land use change on water yield in a semiarid basin in Iran. Land Degradation and Development, doi: 10.1002/ldr.3554
Shaw, B.J.; Van Vliet, J.; Verburg, P.H., 2020: The peri-urbanization of Europe: a systematic review of a multifaceted process. Landscape and Urban Planning, 196: 103733 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103733
Randin, C.F.; Ashcroft, M.B.; Bolliger, J.; Cavender-Bares, J.; Coops, N.C.; Dullinger, S.; Dirnböck, T.; Eckert, S.; Ellis, E.; Fernández, N.; Giuliani, G.; Guisan, A.; Jetz, W.; Joost, S.; Karger, D.; Lembrechts, J.; Lenoir, J.; Luoto, M.; Morin, X.; ... Payne, D., 2020: Monitoring biodiversity in the Anthropocene using remote sensing in species distribution models. Remote Sensing of Environment, 239: 111626 (18 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111626
Hossu, C.A.; Iojă, I.; Mitincu, C.G.; Artmann, M.; Hersperger, A.M., 2020: An evaluation of environmental plans quality: addressing the rational and communicative perspectives. Journal of Environmental Management, 256: 109984 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109984
Hersperger, A.M.; Bürgi, M.; Wende, W.; Bacău, S.; Grădinaru, S.R., 2020: Does landscape play a role in strategic spatial planning of European urban regions?. Landscape and Urban Planning, 194: 103702 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103702
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