
Management and Participation: Coordination of Spatial Development
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Land use and landscape development are influenced by numerous stakeholders. We ask what political stakeholders do, why they do it and what effect it has. In this way, we can better understand what causes changes in land use and what effect spatial planning can have.
Society, administration, government and economics affect the landscape at the local, regional and national levels. We explore their conscious and unconscious spatial decision processes. We also study the characteristics, functions and enforcement issues of various policies and control mechanisms (governance and policy research). Our aim is to decipher who and what triggers changes in land use, how land use is managed and how its management can be improved.
The driving forces for change
Regions designated as periurban are not quite conurbations, but neither can they properly be called countryside; they form a mosaic of agricultural land, settlements and forest. They are among the focal points of our research. In particular, we explore the interactions between stakeholders, planning tools and driving forces for these areas. We investigate the ways in which spatial and landscape planning controls the development and expansion of settlements, which other factors significantly influence settlement growth and how land use conflicts can be resolved. However, agricultural and forestry policies are also crucial for spatial development. In this context, subsidies or contractual agreements with conditions regarding the protection of nature and the landscape are also required in addition to the design, control and implementation of planning tools. We are particularly interested in how the success of such measures can be tested.
Participative management
The participation (involvement) of the general public in the planning and development of the landscape is gaining in importance. One example of how participatory procedures are used is for the development of local landscape planning concepts, such as for the renaturation of waterways, recreation in the forest or general local or regional spatial planning. We critically examine the ways in which they actually bring a benefit and which types of participatory methods are effective. We also analyse the interfaces between science, politics and administration in order to further the development of participatory management.
Fiscal incentives and market-based instruments
Numerous taxes and subsidies provide incentives for land use and urban sprawl in Switzerland. This is rarely questioned, and necessary adjustments are rarely made. We investigate ways in which fiscal disincentives could be reduced.
One way of influencing land use is through innovative policy instruments based on market principles, such as land use certificates. The idea behind this, similar to that of CO2 certificates, is to limit usage rights and build up trade with respect to these rights. A legal right to build up the land can thus be transferred from areas with little demand to those with high demand. We explore the ways in which such trade mechanisms must be designed in order to provide beneficial monetary incentives.
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Unsere Ergebnisse aus der Umfrage zeigen, dass Fachleute im Naturschutz eine grosse Vielfalt an Informationsquellen nutzen. Der Bericht zeigt Handlungsmöglichkeiten auf, um den Austausch zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis im Naturschutz effektiver zu gestalten.
Der Bericht bietet einen Überblick über die Verbreitung der raumplanerischen Instrumente auf Gemeindeebene, wie er bisher nicht existierte. Die erhobenen Daten können unter anderem als Grundlage für Evaluationen von Instrumenten und Organisationsformen dienen und helfen, Vollzugshindernisse und Kapazitätsprobleme zu erkennen.
In der vorliegenden Medienanalyse wird die Wahrnehmung und Thematisierung von Flussrenaturierungen bzw. -revitalisierungen in unterschiedlichen Zeitungstiteln der Kantone Bern und Wallis über den Zeitraum von 2000 bis 2013 rekonstruiert. Im Zentrum der Arbeit steht das Verstehen dieser medienöffentlichen Prozesse.
Regionale Naturpärke haben oft mit der Tatsache zu kämpfen, dass der Park von einem Grossteil der Bevölkerung nicht akzeptiert wird. Das hier vorgestellte Forschungsprojekt untersuchte die Hintergründe dieser Probleme bei verschiedenen Interessengruppen.
Der Bericht enhält ein Konzept für ein Benchmarking der Richtplanung auf Basis von Indikatoren der Landschaftsbeobachtung Schweiz (LABES) und weiterer wichtiger Indikatoren. Ausserdem präsentiert er wissenschaftliche Grundlagen, um Schwellenwerte ausgewählter Landschaftsindikatoren zu bestimmen, welche der für das Benchmarking notwendigen Ziel- und Grenzwertfestlegung dienen.
In dieser Studie werden erstmals gesamtschweizerisch Wanderungsbewegungen aus den Agglomerationen in den ländlichen Raum der Schweiz untersucht.
Die Kernfragen des WSL-Forschungsprogramm «Raumansprüche von Mensch und Natur» lauteten: Wie können sich Siedlung und Landschaft in den Fallstudienregionen Oberes Freiamt (AG), Luzerner Seetal (LU), Linthebene (SG) und Glarus Nord (GL) bis ins Jahr 2030 weiterentwickeln? Wie kann die Entwicklung in nachhaltige Bahnen gelenkt werden? Der Synthesebericht gibt Antworten.
Pagliarin, S.; Hersperger, A.M.; Rihoux, B., 2020: Implementation pathways of large-scale urban development projects (lsUDPs) in Western Europe: a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). European Planning Studies, 28, 6: 1242-1263. doi: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1681942
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
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
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
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
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
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
Schmid, B.; Meister, T.; Klagge, B.; Seidl, I., 2020: Energy cooperatives and municipalities in local energy governance arrangements in Switzerland and Germany. Journal of Environment and Development, 29, 1: 123-146. doi: 10.1177/1070496519886013
Weber, M.; Müller, S.; Buchecker, M., 2020: Lokale Umsetzung der Energiewende in der Schweiz. Befragung zur Einstellung in der Bevölkerung und der Bereitschaft mitzuwirken. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, 52, 1: 16-23.
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
Garcia, X.; Benages-Albert, M.; Buchecker, M.; Vall-Casas, P., 2020: River rehabilitation: preference factors and public participation implications. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 63, 9: 1528-1549. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2019.1680353
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
Kiruki, H.; Van der Zanden, E.H.; Zagaria, C.; Verburg, P.H., 2019: Sustainable woodland management and livelihood options in a charcoal producing region: An agent-based modelling approach. Journal of Environmental Management, 248: 109245 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.07.016
Hersperger, A.M.; Grădinaru, S.; Oliveira, E.; Pagliarin, S.; Palka, G., 2019: Understanding strategic spatial planning to effectively guide development of urban regions. Cities, 94: 96-105. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2019.05.032
Oliveira, E.; Leuthard, J.; Tobias, S., 2019: Spatial planning instruments for cropland protection in Western European countries. Land Use Policy, 87: 104031 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104031
Navratil, J.; Picha, K.; Buchecker, M.; Martinat, S.; Svec, R.; Brezinova, M.; Knotek, J., 2019: Visitors' preferences of renewable energy options in "green" hotels. Renewable Energy, 138: 1065-1077. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.02.043
Verbrugge, L.; Buchecker, M.; Garcia, X.; Gottwald, S.; Müller, S.; Præstholm, S.; Stahl Olafsson, A., 2019: Integrating sense of place in planning and management of multifunctional river landscapes: experiences from five European case studies. Sustainability Science, 14: 669-680. doi: 10.1007/s11625-019-00686-9
Villamayor-Tomas, S.; Sagebiel, J.; Olschewski, R., 2019: Bringing the neighbors in: a choice experiment on the influence of coordination and social norms on farmers' willingness to accept agro-environmental schemes across Europe. Land Use Policy, 84: 200-215. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.03.006
Di Masso, A.; Williams, D.R.; Raymond, C.M.; Buchecker, M.; Degenhardt, B.; Devine-Wright, P.; Hertzog, A.; Lewicka, M.; Manzo, L.; Shahrad, A.; Stedman, R.; Verbrugge, L.; Von Wirth, T., 2019: Between fixities and flows: navigating place attachments in an increasingly mobile world. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 61: 125-133. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.01.006
Debonne, N.; Van Vliet, J.; Verburg, P., 2019: Future governance options for large-scale land acquisition in Cambodia: impacts on tree cover and tiger landscapes. Environmental Science and Policy, 94: 9-19. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.031
Junge, X.; Hunziker, M.; Bauer, N.; Arnberger, A.; Olschewski, R., 2019: Invasive alien species in Switzerland: awareness and preferences of experts and the public. Environmental Management, 63, 1: 80-93. doi: 10.1007/s00267-018-1115-5
Suškevičs, M.; Eiter, S.; Martinat, S.; Stober, D.; Vollmer, E.; De Boer, C.L.; Buchecker, M., 2019: Regional variation in public acceptance of wind energy development in Europe: what are the roles of planning procedures and participation?. Land Use Policy, 81: 311-323. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.10.032
Oliveira, E.; Hersperger, A.M., 2019: Disentangling the governance configurations of strategic spatial plan-making in European urban regions. Planning Practice and Research, 34, 1: 47-61. doi: 10.1080/02697459.2018.1548218
Braunschweiger, D.; Pütz, M.; Heidmann, F.; Bludau, M., 2018: Mapping governance of adaptation to climate change in Switzerland. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 5, 1: 398-401. doi: 10.1080/21681376.2018.1549507
Ring, I.; Sandström, C.; Acar, S.; Adeishvili, M.; Albert, C.; Allard, C.; Anker, Y.; Arlettaz, R.; Bela, G.; Ten Brink, B.; Fischer, A.; Fürst, C.; Galil, B.; Hynes, S.; Kasymov, U.; Marta-Pedroso, C.; Mendes, A.; Molau, U.; ... Olschewski, R., 2018: Options for governance and decision-making across scales and sectors. In: Mader, A. (eds), 2018: The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia. Bonn, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). 664-803.
Palka, G.; Grădinaru, S.R.; Jørgensen, G.; Hersperger, A.M., 2018: Visualizing planning intentions: from heterogeneous information to maps. Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis, 16 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1007/s41651-018-0023-9
Olschewski, R.; Sandström, C.; Kasymov, U.; Johansson, J.; Fürst, C.; Ring, I., 2018: Policy forum: challenges and opportunities in developing new forest governance systems: insights from the IPBES assessment for Europe and Central Asia. Forest Policy and Economics, 97: 175-179. doi: 10.1016/j.forpol.2018.10.007
Cosyns, H.; Kraus, D.; Krumm, F.; Schulz, T.; Pyttel, P., 2018: Reconciling the tradeoff between economic and ecological objectives in habitat-tree selection: a comparison between students, foresters, and forestry trainers. Forest Science, 65, 2: 223-234. doi: 10.1093/forsci/fxy042
Hubschmid, E.; Hunziker, M., 2018: Wildtierfreundliches Freeriden von Wintersportlerinnen und -sportlern. Eine Analyse der Wirkung persuasiver Lenkungsinstrumente. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, 50, 4: 120-126.
Bardsley, D.K.; Palazzo, E.; Pütz, M., 2018: Regional path dependence and climate change adaptation: a case study from the McLaren Vale, South Australia. Journal of Rural Studies, 63: 24-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.08.015
Scherhaufer, P.; Höltinger, S.; Salak, B.; Schauppenlehner, T.; Schmidt, J., 2018: A participatory integrated assessment of the social acceptance of wind energy. Energy Research and Social Science, 45: 164-172. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2018.06.022
Grădinaru, S.R.; Hersperger, A.M., 2018: Green infrastructure in strategic spatial plans: evidence from European urban regions. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 40: 17-28. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.04.018
Hersperger, A.M.; Oliveira, E.; Pagliarin, S.; Palka, G.; Verburg, P.; Bolliger, J.; Grădinaru, S., 2018: Urban land-use change: the role of strategic spatial planning. Global Environmental Change, 51: 32-42. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.05.001
Zabel, A.; Schulz, T.; Lieberherr, E., 2018: Grüne Wirtschaft: eine Annäherung an mögliche Zielkonflikte und Synergien im Wald. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 169, 3: 143-149. doi: 10.3188/szf.2018.0143
Hossu, C.A.; Ioja, I.C.; Susskind, L.E.; Badiu, D.L.; Hersperger, A.M., 2018: Factors driving collaboration in natural resource conflict management: evidence from Romania. Ambio, 47, 7: 816-830. doi: 10.1007/s13280-018-1016-0
Oliveira, E.; Tobias, S.; Hersperger, A.M., 2018: Can strategic spatial planning contribute to land degradation reduction in urban regions? State of the art and future research. Sustainability, 10, 4: 949 (23 pp.). doi: 10.3390/su10040949
Tobias, S.; Ströbele, M.F.; Buser, T., 2018: How transdisciplinary projects influence participants’ ways of thinking: a case study on future landscape development. Sustainability Science, 14: 405-419. doi: 10.1007/s11625-018-0532-y
Willi, Y.; Pütz, M.; Müller, M., 2018: Towards a versatile and multidimensional framework to analyse regional governance. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 36, 5: 775-795. doi: 10.1177/2399654418760859
Oliveira, E.; Hersperger, A.M., 2018: Governance arrangements, funding mechanisms and power configurations in current practices of strategic spatial plan implementation. Land Use Policy, 76: 623-633. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.042
Pagliarin, S., 2018: Linking processes and patterns: spatial planning, governance and urban sprawl in the Barcelona and Milan metropolitan regions. Urban Studies, 55, 16: 3650-3668. doi: 10.1177/0042098017743668
Bauer, N.; Vasile, M.; Mondini, M., 2018: Attitudes towards nature, wilderness and protected areas: a way to sustainable stewardship in the South-Western Carpathians. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 61, 5-6: 857-877. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2017.1382337
Rudolf, S.C.; Kienast, F.; Hersperger, A.M., 2018: Planning for compact urban forms: local growth-management approaches and their evolution over time. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 61, 3: 474-492. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2017.1318749
Schulz, T.; Lieberherr, E.; Zabel, A., 2018: Network governance in national Swiss forest policy: balancing effectiveness and legitimacy. Forest Policy and Economics, 98: 42-53. doi: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.10.011
Weilenmann, B.; Seidl, I.; Schulz, T., 2017: The socio-economic determinants of urban sprawl between 1980 and 2010 in Switzerland. Landscape and Urban Planning, 157: 468-482. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.08.002
Schulz, T.; Hufty, M.; Tschopp, M., 2017: Small and smart: the role of Switzerland in the Cartagena and Nagoya protocols negotiations. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 17, 4: 553-571. doi: 10.1007/s10784-016-9334-9
Rudolf, S.C.; Grădinaru, S.R., 2017: The quality and implementation of local plans: an integrated evaluation. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 46, 5: 880-896. doi: 10.1177/2399808317737070
Hossu, C.A.; Ioja, I.C.; Nita, M.R.; Hartel, T.; Badiu, D.L.; Hersperger, A.M., 2017: Need for a cross-sector approach in protected area management. Land Use Policy, 69: 586-597. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.10.012
Rudolf, S.C.; Grădinaru, S.R.; Hersperger, A.M., 2017: Impact of planning mandates on local plans: a multi-method assessment. European Planning Studies, 25, 12: 2192-2211. doi: 10.1080/09654313.2017.1353592
Santana-Cordero, A.M.; Bürgi, M.; Hersperger, A.M.; Hernández-Calvento, L.; Monteiro-Quintana, M.L., 2017: A century of change in coastal sedimentary landscapes in the Canary Islands (Spain) — change, processes, and driving forces. Land Use Policy, 68: 107-116. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.07.028
Grădinaru, S.R.; Iojă, C.I.; Pătru-Stupariu, I.; Hersperger, A.M., 2017: Are spatial planning objectives reflected in the evolution of urban landscape patterns? A framework for the evaluation of spatial planning outcomes. Sustainability, 9, 8: 1279 (17 pp.). doi: 10.3390/su9081279
Wilkes-Allemann, J.; Hanewinkel, M.; Pütz, M., 2017: Forest recreation as a governance problem: four case studies from Switzerland. European Journal of Forest Research, 136, 3: 511-526. doi: 10.1007/s10342-017-1049-0
Hersperger, A.M.; Mueller, G.; Knöpfel, M.; Siegfried, A.; Kienast, F., 2017: Evaluating outcomes in planning: indicators and reference values for Swiss landscapes. Ecological Indicators, 77: 96-104. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.02.004
Pütz, M.; Gubler, L.; Willi, Y., 2017: New governance of protected areas: regional nature parks in Switzerland. eco.mont, 9: 75-84. doi: 10.1553/eco.mont-9-sis75
Pütz, M.; Job, H., 2016: Governance und Regionalentwicklung in Grossschutzgebieten der Schweiz und Österreichs. Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 74, 6: 569-583. doi: 10.1007/s13147-016-0451-2
Menghini, G.; Hersperger, A.; Gellrich, M.; Seidl, I., 2015: Ein Konzept für handelbare Flächennutzungszertifikate in der Schweiz und Resultate einer agentenbasierten Marktsimulation. DISP: Planning Review, 51, 2: 49-61. doi: 10.1080/02513625.2015.1064647
Tudor, C.A.; Ioja, I.C.; Rozylowicz, L.; Patru-Stupariu, I.P.; Hersperger, A.M., 2015: Similarities and differences in the assessment of land-use associations by local people and experts. Land Use Policy, 49: 341-351. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.07.001
Hersperger, A.M.; Ioja, C.; Steiner, F.; Tudor, C.A., 2015: Comprehensive consideration of conflicts in the land-use planning process: a conceptual contribution. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 10, 4: 5-13.
Von der Dunk, A.; Gret-Regamey, A.; Hersperger, A.M., 2015: Land-use conflicts in Swiss peri-urban landscape: which socio-demographic and environmental variables are associated with their presence and absence?. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 10, 4: 39-48.
Grădinaru, S.R.; Iojă, C.I.; Onose, D.A.; Gavrilidis, A.A.; Pătru-Stupariu, I.; Kienast, F.; Hersperger, A.M., 2015: Land abandonment as a precursor of built-up development at the sprawling periphery of former socialist cities. Ecological Indicators, 57: 305-313. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.05.009
Mueller, G.P.; Hersperger, A.M., 2015: Implementing comprehensive plans: indicators for a task-sheet based performance evaluation process. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58, 11: 2056-2081. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2014.973482
Rudolf, S.C.; Kaiser, N.; Hersperger, A.M., 2015: Développer l’urbanisation vers l’intérieur: Tour d’horizon des instruments communaux et de leur utilisation. In: Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt WSL (eds), 2015: Von der Siedlungsentwicklung zur Landschaftsgestaltung. Forum für Wissen 2015, WSL Birmensdorf. 69-77.
Hersperger, A.M.; Cathomas, G., 2015: Einflussreiche raumplanerische Massnahmen für einen haushälterischen Umgang mit dem Boden: Lernen von guten Beispielen. In: Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt WSL (eds), 2015: Von der Siedlungsentwicklung zur Landschaftsgestaltung. Forum für Wissen 2015, WSL Birmensdorf. 27-32.
Karali, E.; Brunner, B.; Doherty, R.; Hersperger, A.; Rounsevell, M., 2014: Identifying the factors that influence farmer participation in environmental management practices in Switzerland. Human Ecology, 42, 6: 951-963. doi: 10.1007/s10745-014-9701-5
Hersperger, A.M.; Gennaio Franscini, M.; Kübler, D., 2014: Actors, decisions and policy changes in local urbanization. European Planning Studies, 22, 6: 1301-1319. doi: 10.1080/09654313.2013.783557
Tudor, C.A.; Iojă, I.C.; Pătru-Stupariu, I.; Nită, M.R.; Hersperger, A.M., 2014: How successful is the resolution of land-use conflicts? A comparison of cases from Switzerland and Romania. Applied Geography, 47: 125-136. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.12.008
Karali, E.; Brunner, B.; Doherty, R.; Hersperger, A.M.; Rounsevell, M.D.A., 2013: The effect of farmer attitudes and objectives on the heterogeneity of farm attributes and management in Switzerland. Human Ecology, 41, 6: 915-926. doi: 10.1007/s10745-013-9612-x
Tudor, C.A.; Iojă, I.C.; Hersperger, A.; Pătru-Stupariu, I., 2013: Is the residential land use incompatible with cemeteries location? Assessing the attitudes of urban residents. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 8, 2: 153-162.
Huber, R.; Rigling, A.; Bebi, P.; Brand, F.S.; Briner, S.; Buttler, A.; Elkin, C.; Gillet, F.; Grêt-Regamey, A.; Hirschi, C.; Lischke, H.; Scholz, R.W.; Seidl, R.; Spiegelberger, T.; Walz, A.; Zimmermann, W.; Bugmann, H., 2013: Sustainable land use in mountain regions under global change: synthesis across scales and disciplines. Ecology and Society, 18, 3: 36 (21 pp.). doi: 10.5751/ES-05499-180336
Dalang, T.; Hersperger, A.M., 2012: Trading connectivity improvement for area loss in patch-based biodiversity reserve networks. Biological Conservation, 148, 1: 116-125. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.01.042
Von der Dunk, A.; Grêt-Regamey, A.; Dalang, T.; Hersperger, A.M., 2011: Defining a typology of peri-urban land-use conflicts - a case study from Switzerland. Landscape and Urban Planning, 101, 2: 149-156. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.02.007
Hasselmann, F.; Csaplovics, E.; Falconer, I.; Bürgi, M.; Hersperger, A.M., 2010: Technological driving forces of LUCC: conceptualization, quantification, and the example of urban power distribution networks. Land Use Policy, 27, 2: 628-637. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.08.016
Dalang, T.; Hersperger, A.M., 2010: How much compensation do we need? Replacement ratio estimates for Swiss dry grassland biotopes. Biological Conservation, 143, 8: 1876-1884. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.037
Hersperger, A.M.; Bürgi, M., 2010: How do policies shape landscapes? Landscape change and its political driving forces in the Limmat Valley, Switzerland 1930-2000. Landscape Research, 35, 3: 259-279. doi: 10.1080/01426391003743561
Hersperger, A.M.; Gennaio, M.; Verburg, P.H.; Bürgi, M., 2010: Linking land change with driving forces and actors: four conceptual models. Ecology and Society, 15, 4: 1 (17 pp.). doi: 10.5751/ES-03562-150401
Gennaio, M.; Hersperger, A.M.; Bürgi, M., 2009: Containing urban sprawl - evaluating effectiveness of urban growth boundaries set by the Swiss Land Use Plan. Land Use Policy, 26, 2: 224-232. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.02.010
Pütz, M.; Kübler, D.; Monstadt, J.; Enzler, K.; Kienast, F.; Seidl, I.; Zollinger, F., 2008: Dezentrale Besiedlung als Herausforderung für die Raumentwicklung. Eine Fallstudie der Region Surselva in Graubünden. DISP: Planning Review, 173, 2: 5-21. doi: 10.1080/02513625.2008.10557007
Hersperger, A.M., 2006: Spatial adjacencies and interactions: neighborhood mosaics for landscape ecological planning. Landscape and Urban Planning, 77, 3: 227-239. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.02.009