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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 34-49 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Environmental Modelling and Software |
| Volume | 107 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2018 |
Abstract
We introduce an explicit indicator and the Land Use Management Support System to assess the resource-use efficiency of land use (RUE) at the landscape scale. To estimate RUE, we relate land-use performance with regard to ecosystem services indicators to the maximum possible land-use performance based on an optimised land-use configuration. The test application of the RUE assessment in the Haean catchment, South Korea, shows that the land-use system's RUE could be increased by 11% for both nitrate and sediment loss. The estimated headroom could indicate whether potential contaminant reduction targets for the downstream water reservoir Lake Soyang could be achieved with the current land-use system. The recurring RUE assessment for a given region might indicate the effectiveness of spatial planning and policy measures to improve the RUE in that region. Future work should address the integration of RUE into a participatory spatial planning or resource-management framework.
Keywords
- Haean catchment, LUMASS, Policy development, Resource-use efficiency, Spatial optimisation, Spatial planning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Software
- Environmental Science(all)
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Science(all)
- Ecological Modelling
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol. 107, 09.2018, p. 34-49.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing resource-use efficiency of land use
AU - Herzig, Alexander
AU - Nguyen, Trung Thanh
AU - Ausseil, Anne Gaelle E.
AU - Maharjan, Ganga Ram
AU - Dymond, John R.
AU - Arnhold, Sebastian
AU - Koellner, Thomas
AU - Rutledge, Daniel
AU - Tenhunen, John
N1 - Funding information: We thank the agencies that supported the conceptual work on resource-use efficiency, including the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment and the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Science and Innovation Group. This study was carried out as part of the International Research Training Group TERRECO (GRK 1565/1) funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, and the Korean Research Foundation (KRF) at Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea.
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - We introduce an explicit indicator and the Land Use Management Support System to assess the resource-use efficiency of land use (RUE) at the landscape scale. To estimate RUE, we relate land-use performance with regard to ecosystem services indicators to the maximum possible land-use performance based on an optimised land-use configuration. The test application of the RUE assessment in the Haean catchment, South Korea, shows that the land-use system's RUE could be increased by 11% for both nitrate and sediment loss. The estimated headroom could indicate whether potential contaminant reduction targets for the downstream water reservoir Lake Soyang could be achieved with the current land-use system. The recurring RUE assessment for a given region might indicate the effectiveness of spatial planning and policy measures to improve the RUE in that region. Future work should address the integration of RUE into a participatory spatial planning or resource-management framework.
AB - We introduce an explicit indicator and the Land Use Management Support System to assess the resource-use efficiency of land use (RUE) at the landscape scale. To estimate RUE, we relate land-use performance with regard to ecosystem services indicators to the maximum possible land-use performance based on an optimised land-use configuration. The test application of the RUE assessment in the Haean catchment, South Korea, shows that the land-use system's RUE could be increased by 11% for both nitrate and sediment loss. The estimated headroom could indicate whether potential contaminant reduction targets for the downstream water reservoir Lake Soyang could be achieved with the current land-use system. The recurring RUE assessment for a given region might indicate the effectiveness of spatial planning and policy measures to improve the RUE in that region. Future work should address the integration of RUE into a participatory spatial planning or resource-management framework.
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KW - Policy development
KW - Resource-use efficiency
KW - Spatial optimisation
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