Land-Use Modelling in Planning Practice

✍ Scribed by Eric Koomen, Maarten Hilferink, Judith Borsboom-van Beurden (auth.), Eric Koomen, Judith Borsboom-van Beurden (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 231
• Series: GeoJournal Library 101
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides an overview of recent developments and applications of the Land Use Scanner model, which has been used in spatial planning for well over a decade. Internationally recognized as among the best of its kind, this versatile model can be applied at a national level for trend extrapolation, scenario studies and optimization, yet can also be employed in a smaller-scale regional context, as demonstrated by the assortment of regional case studies included in the book. Alongside these practical examples from the Netherlands, readers will find discussion of more theoretical aspects of land-use models as well as an assessment of various studies that aim to develop the Land-Use Scanner model further.

Spanning the divide between the abstractions of land-use modelling and the imperatives of policy making, this is a cutting-edge account of the way in which the Land-Use Scanner approach is able to interrogate a spectrum of issues that range from climate change to transportation efficiency. Aimed at planners, researchers and policy makers who need to stay abreast of the latest advances in land-use modelling techniques in the context of planning practice, the book guides the reader through the applications supported by current instrumentation. It affords the opportunity for a wide readership to benefit from the extensive and acknowledged expertise of Dutch planners, who have originated a host of much-used models.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introducing Land Use Scanner....Pages 3-21
Lumos Models from an International Perspective....Pages 23-34
Core Principles and Concepts in Land-Use Modelling: A Literature Review....Pages 35-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
A Sustainable Outlook on the Future of The Netherlands....Pages 61-77
Coupling a Detailed Land-Use Model and a Land-Use and Transport Interaction Model....Pages 79-95
Biomass on Peat Soils?....Pages 97-116
Simulation of Future Land Use for Developing a Regional Spatial Strategy....Pages 117-130
Lessons Learned from Using Land-Use Simulation in Regional Planning....Pages 131-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Explaining Land-Use Transition in a Segmented Land Market....Pages 153-175
A Policy Perspective of the Development of Dutch Land-Use Models....Pages 177-189
Developing a New, Market-Based Land-Use Model....Pages 191-209
Back Matter....Pages 211-214

✦ Subjects

Human Geography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Simulation and Modeling; Environmental Management