Urban land-use allocation in a Mediterranean ecotone: Habitat Heterogeneity Model incorporated in a GIS using a multi-criteria mechanism

Svoray, Tal; Bar, Pua; Bannet, Tsafra

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.05.001

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“…Researchers have also studied the urban land suitability analysis by means of fuzzy classification methods and multi-criteria analysis (Hall, 1992;Davidson, 1994;Store and Kangas, 2001;Bagdanaviciute and Jurijus, 2013), as well as urban ecological suitability assessment for urban development and planning via ecology methods (Lathrop and Bognar, 1998;Svoray et al, 2005;. The rule-based classification has been successfully applied in the land suitability evaluation and land-use planning (Zhu et al, 1996;Nisar Ahamed et al, 2000;Van Broekhoven et al, 2006;Tseng et al, 2008), because it can discover novel and useful knowledge hidden in the large amount and scope of spatial data (Miller and Han, 2009).…”

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Land suitability assessment for post-earthquake reconstruction: A case study of Lushan in Sichuan, China

Qing

Li²,

2015

J. Geogr. Sci.

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Land suitability assessment (LSA) is one of the key processes of land-use planning. Given its particularity of land suitability assessment for post-earthquake reconstruction, this paper takes into account geological conditions, risk of disasters, water and land resources conditions, and eco-environmental suitability and emphasizes safety factor in the assessment. Taking the April 20, 2013 Mw 6.6 Lushan earthquake as a case, this assessment establishes factors system, uses GIS spatial analysis techniques and data of geology, topography, resources, and eco-environment to evaluate the land suitability for reconstruction. The results show that: (1) the spatial characteristics of land suitability for reconstruction at grid scale and administrative scale manifest that most of the piedmont plains in the east are suitable for large-scale population aggregation, industrialization, and urbanization development; and (2) for the six hard-hit counties, Mingshan is the preferred region for large-scale post-earthquake reconstruction due to its high construction index and suitable land per capita, and some plots of land in the valleys could be selected for in-situ small-scale reconstruction in Lushan. The land suitability assessment for post-earthquake reconstruction would be significant to making sound reconstruction planning for achieving sustainable regional development in the Mw 6.6 Lushan earthquake stricken area. This study could be used as a reference for the regions with similar events.

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Land suitability assessment for post-earthquake reconstruction: A case study of Lushan in Sichuan, China

Qing

Li²,

2015

J. Geogr. Sci.

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“…Land use problems (e.g., [151]), can be formulated as a portfolio of activities (uses) to which a set of regions (resources) is assigned; alternatively, the regions themselves can be the portfolio and their value can be a function of their dispositions (as suggested in [152]). Similarly, a region may contain a portfolio of habitats [153], ecosystems [154] [155] or species [156][157] to be protected. Because areas on a map can be divided in arbitrarily many ways, environmental impacts of actions and policy can be viewed evaluated in terms of their e¤ects on arrays of sub-regions, although such problems are not usually formulated explicitly as portfolio valuation or optimisation.…”

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Multicriteria Portfolio Decision Analysis for Project Selection

Morton

Keisler

Salo

2016

Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis

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Multicriteria Portfolio Analysis spans several methods which typically employ build on MCDA to guide the selection of a subset (i.e., portfolio) of available objects, with the aim of maximising the performance of the resulting portfolio with regard to multiple criteria, subject to the requirement that the selected portfolio does not consume of resources consumed by the portfolio does not exceed the availability of resources and, moreover, satis…es other relevant constraints as well. In this chapter, we present a formal model of this selection problem and describe how this model can present both challenges (e.g. portfolio value may, due to the interactions of elements, depend on project-level decisions in complex and non-additive ways) and opportunities (e.g. triage rules can be used to focus elicitation on projects which are critical) for value assessment. We also survey the application of Portfolio Decision Analysis in several domains, such as allocation of R&D expenditure, military procurement, prioritisation of healthcare projects, and environment and energy planning, and conclude by outlining possible future research directions.

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“…Based on mathematics and statistics, these models tried to incorporate spatial variables in multiple regression models or as land-use conversion probabilities in transition probability matrices. With the progress of computer technology, and especially after the introduction of geographical information systems (GIS), land-use allocation and optimization modelling became more wide-spread [17][18][19][20][21][22]. Land-use optimization models typically involve the optimization of the size as well as the spatial pattern of land use [23].…”

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A Spatial Optimization Model for Sustainable Land Use at Regional Level in China: A Case Study for Poyang Lake Region

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Economic growth in China is accompanied by many problems, such as rapid deterioration of the environment and a sharp decline in the area of arable land. China's current land-use planning system fails to deal with these problems, especially at the regional level. The lack of sustainable spatial allocation at regional level has become a pressing problem. This article aims to: (1) analyze the reason why sustainable land use at the regional level is difficult to achieve under the current Chinese land-use planning system; (2) put forward a regional optimization model for sustainable land use; and (3) explore the usefulness and possibility of the future application of the model in supporting land-use planning. The model has been applied in a case study for the Poyang Lake Region, Jiangxi Province in China. Based on predictions of the demand of land in 2015, three single-objective scenarios were constructed: food production oriented, nature conservation oriented and economic growth oriented. An optimized, multi-objective pattern of sustainable land use was achieved by integrating the three single-objective scenarios. The relevance and applicability of the model were discussed with planning experts and practitioners. The results indicate that the model can contribute to a more sustainable regional land-use planning in China. However, the results also show a need for further research on how to embed wider social and economic aspects in the model. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 36

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Urban land-use allocation in a Mediterranean ecotone: Habitat Heterogeneity Model incorporated in a GIS using a multi-criteria mechanism

Cited by 96 publications

References 31 publications

Land suitability assessment for post-earthquake reconstruction: A case study of Lushan in Sichuan, China

Land suitability assessment for post-earthquake reconstruction: A case study of Lushan in Sichuan, China

Multicriteria Portfolio Decision Analysis for Project Selection

A Spatial Optimization Model for Sustainable Land Use at Regional Level in China: A Case Study for Poyang Lake Region

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