Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation Applied to Environmental Management

Page, Christophe Le; Bazile, Didier; Bécu, Nicolas; Bommel, Pierre; Bousquet, François; Étienne, Michel; Mathevet, Raphaël; Souchère, Véronique; Trébuil, Guy; Wéber, Jacques

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-93813-2_19

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“…It enables the role of scientific knowledge as clarifying communication, sparking creativity and provoking discussion (Page et al 2013). We used ABM in a constructivist way: negotiating goals, trade-offs, and how to reach those goals through collective decision-making by exploring possible outcomes with a model of reality (Voinov and Bousquet 2010).…”

Section: Participatory Agent-based Modelingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other side, ABM can be used to facilitate the design of actual policy or other interventions (Giller et al 2008). The scientist takes a more passive role and utilizes ABM to illustrate local dynamics while stakeholders can use that ''to gain insights through exploration of simulation scenarios that mimic the challenges they face'' (Page et al 2013).…”

Section: Stakeholder Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cultural landscapes of the future: using agent-based modeling to discuss and develop the use and management of the cultural landscape of South West Devon

Tieskens¹,

Shaw

Haer³

et al. 2017

Landscape Ecol

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Context Hedgerows are typical landscape features of high environmental and cultural value that often have been sacrificed for agricultural intensification and scale enlargement. Objectives We studied the dynamics of hedgerow quality over time in a case study area renowned for its hedgerow landscapes: South West Devon (UK) answering the following research questions: (1) how does the imperative of scale enlargement affect hedgerow quality? and (2) to what extent can cultural landscape degradation be countered by targeted policies? Methods We applied an agent-based modeling approach, parameterized with a site specific survey, to explore and discuss outcomes of future landscape change with stakeholders and co-designed preferred scenarios of landscape change during a workshop. Results Outcomes suggested that in the case-study area, scale enlargement has a negative effect on hedgerow quality when agri-environment scheme subsidies (AES) are low. In contrast, if the level of AES enrollment is high, scale enlargement can have a positive effect on hedgerow quality, as large holders are more likely to enroll for AES. Stakeholders acknowledged the need for agricultural intensification, but at the same time valued biodiversity and environmental value of the landscape in South West Devon. Conclusion Current AES are able to retain a decent hedgerow quality. With lower AES, scale enlargement can have an invigorative effect on hedgerow quality as land managers of larger farms will be less likely to join AES As an addition to AES, harvesting wood fuel from coppiced hedgerows appears a promising way to incentivize rejuvenating hedgerow management without governmental subsidies.

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Section: Participatory Agent-based Modelingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Stakeholder Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural landscapes of the future: using agent-based modeling to discuss and develop the use and management of the cultural landscape of South West Devon

Tieskens¹,

Shaw

Haer³

et al. 2017

Landscape Ecol

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“…Companion modeling is an inter-disciplinary approach which encourages a participatory management of renewable resources (Barreteau et al 2013;Le Page et al 2013). It results either in a collective representation of a problem in managing a shared resource, or in changes in organizational techniques (Bousquet et al 1993).…”

Section: Participatory Modeling Applied To Seed Systems: the Example mentioning

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Family Farming and the Worlds to Come

2015

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“…Few ecological studies have considered temporally dynamic landscapes, and those that have done so have used pre-defined changes in land management and the environment (Bithell et al 2008, Imron et al 2011, Gimona et al 2015, Synes et al 2015, Marshall et al 2018, thus not including feedbacks between ecological and environmental processes (Keith et al 2008, Franklin et al 2014. The few existing models of feedback dynamics suggest a largely unrealised potential for uncovering important emergent effects through integrated modelling (Mathevet et al 2003, Monticino et al 2007, Rebaudo et al 2011, Carrasco et al 2012, Le Page et al 2013, Polhill et al 2013. The few existing models of feedback dynamics suggest a largely unrealised potential for uncovering important emergent effects through integrated modelling (Mathevet et al 2003, Monticino et al 2007, Rebaudo et al 2011, Carrasco et al 2012, Le Page et al 2013, Polhill et al 2013.…”

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Coupled land use and ecological models reveal emergence and feedbacks in socio‐ecological systems

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Understanding the dynamics of socio-ecological systems is crucial to the development of environmentally sustainable practices. Models of social or ecological sub-systems have greatly enhanced such understanding, but at the risk of obscuring important feedbacks and emergent effects. Integrated modelling approaches have the potential to address this shortcoming by explicitly representing linked socio-ecological dynamics. We developed a socio-ecological system model by coupling an existing agentbased model of land-use dynamics and an individual-based model of demography and dispersal. A hypothetical case-study was established to simulate the interaction of crops and their pollinators in a changing agricultural landscape, initialised from a spatially random distribution of natural assets. The bi-directional coupled model predicted larger changes in crop yield and pollinator populations than a unidirectional uncoupled version. The spatial properties of the system also differed, the coupled version revealing the emergence of spatial land-use clusters that neither supported nor required pollinators. These findings suggest that important dynamics may be missed by uncoupled modelling approaches, but that these can be captured through the combination of currently-available, compatible model frameworks. Such model integrations are required to further fundamental understanding of socio-ecological dynamics and thus improve management of socio-ecological systems.

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Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation Applied to Environmental Management

Cited by 30 publications

References 84 publications

Cultural landscapes of the future: using agent-based modeling to discuss and develop the use and management of the cultural landscape of South West Devon

Cultural landscapes of the future: using agent-based modeling to discuss and develop the use and management of the cultural landscape of South West Devon

Family Farming and the Worlds to Come

Coupled land use and ecological models reveal emergence and feedbacks in socio‐ecological systems

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