scholarly journals A spatial explicit scenario method to support participative regional land-use decisions regarding economic and ecological options of short rotation coppice (SRC) for renewable energy production on arable land: case study application for the Göttingen district, Germany

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Busch
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Short Rotation ◽  
Land Use Decisions ◽  
Renewable Energy Production ◽  
Scenario Method ◽  
Regional Land ◽  
Study Application

scholarly journals Application fields of wood as a renewable energy source in Europe

2012 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Nándor Csatári
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Short Rotation ◽  
Renewable Energy Production ◽  
Application Fields ◽  
The Eu

Fuelwood, and wood wastes provide almost half of the renewable energy production of the European Union. Enhancing the use of wood in renewable energy production has more constraint than wind- or solar energy. Forests in the EU member states are sustainably used, they are increasing both in terms of area, and growing stocks. There are possibilities to enhance the fallings and use more fuelwood. Short rotation coppices could fulfill the long term demand for fuelwood; because these plantations surpass the dendromass yield of forests.

Developing an objectives hierarchy for multicriteria decisions on land use options, with a case study of biodiversity conservation and forestry production from Papua, Indonesia

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 464-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahotra Sarkar ◽  
James S Dyer ◽  
Chris Margules ◽  
Michael Ciarleglio ◽  
Neville Kemp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Value Function ◽  
Preference Elicitation ◽  
Hard Constraints ◽  
Land Use Decisions ◽  
Multicriteria Decisions ◽  
Forestry Production

A framework was developed for the construction of an objectives hierarchy for multicriteria decisions in land use planning. The process began through identification of fundamental objectives; these were iteratively decomposed into a hierarchy of subobjectives until a level was reached at which subobjectives had measurable attributes. Values were derived for attributes through a variety of methods and weights assigned to objectives through preference elicitation. The framework assumed that the objectives could be incorporated into a linear value function; this required attributes to satisfy preference and difference independence conditions. Strategies were developed to address typical features that distinguish land use decisions from many other multicriteria decisions. The methodology was illustrated with a case study of land use planning in a forestry concession in the Merauke region of Papua Province, Indonesia. The problem involved severe hard constraints; the analysis showed how these can be accommodated within the framework. Results integrated interests and preferences of a diverse set of stakeholders (resident peoples, developers, and conservation professionals) and were intended for implementation. This methodology is extendible to other land use problems.

scholarly journals Half-Century Changes in LULC and Fire in Two Iberian Inner Mountain Areas

Fire ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Catarina Romão Sequeira ◽  
Francisco Rego ◽  
Cristina Montiel-Molina ◽  
Penelope Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Mountain System ◽  
Land Use Policies ◽  
In Fire ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Regional Land

Wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula were large and frequent in the second half of the 20th century. Land use and land cover (LULC) also changed greatly. Our aim was to understand the relationship between LULC and fire in the western and eastern ends of the Iberian Central Mountain System. We compared two case study landscapes, the Estrela massif and the Ayllón massif, which are biophysically similar but with different social-ecological contexts. In both, fires were in general more likely in shrublands and pastures than in forests. Shrublands replaced forests after fires. Contrasting LULC in the two massifs, particularly pastures, likely explained the differences in fire occurrence, and reflected different regional land use policies and history. Fire here is a social-ecological system, influenced by specific LULC and with implications from landscape to regional scales. Understanding how LULC changes interact with fire is powerful for improving landscape and regional planning.

Past land use decisions and socioeconomic factors influence urban greenbelt development: a case study of Shanghai, China

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1759-1770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Bing Wang ◽  
Hong Li ◽  
Hong-Bo Ming ◽  
Yong-Hong Hu ◽  
Jia-Kuan Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Land Use Decisions ◽  
Past Land Use
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