id 13

Number Cluster XIII

Cluster Name Land use, spatial analysis and modelling / Ecosystem and Landscape Services

Description development of tools for analysing, understanding and visualising patterns and dynamics of environmental functions and values; competing claims for land use, development of decision support systems for spatial planning and management; quantifying, evaluating and developing effective financial mechanisms regarding ecosystem and landscape services and implementation of this knowledge in integrated local planning, landscape design and management; governance of natural resources, biodiversity, ecosystem and landscape services