A Land Use and Land Cover Change model developed for simulating alternative future scenarios with policy interventions in Switzerland. LULCC-CH combines and Dinamica EGO.

This repository contains the following:

1. Guide for the preparation and use of LULCC-CH in the LULCC-CH-guide folder.
2. The model and some of the input files needed to run the model.

It specifically does not include all of the required input data (e.g. spatial predictors). Some of this data is generated programmatically by the Preparation scripts and other data can be found in the accompanying Zenodo repository

Expansions of LULCC-CH:

• High performance computing version: LULCC-CH has a branch wherein the model has been adapted for usage in a high-performance computing environment: HPC branch with an accompanying containerized version of the Dinamica model: dinamica-ego-docker container

• Integration with Ecosystem service and biodiversity models: LULCC-CH has been integrated with 10 models of Ecosystem Services and indicators of biodiversity with a computational pipeline: evoland-plus-hpc

• Evolution in to evoland-plus: LULCC-CH is currently in the process of being re-factored as an R package and will be re-named evoland-plus

Repo Structure

• Data: Input spatial data
• Model: Dinamica EGO model and required sub-models
• Scripts: R scripts
• Tools: Specifications and inputs
• renv: R environment management

Quick Start

renv::restore()
source("Scripts/LULCC_CH_master.R")

How to cite

When using LULCC-CH, please cite the following paper:

BibTex

@article{black2024,
title = {Broadening the horizon in land use change modelling: Normative scenarios for nature positive futures in Switzerland},
volume = {24},
ISSN = {1436-378X},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02261-0},
DOI = {10.1007/s10113-024-02261-0},
number = {3},
journal = {Regional Environmental Change},
publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
author = {Black,  Benjamin and Adde,  Antoine and Farinotti,  Daniel and Guisan,  Antoine and K\"{u}lling,  Nathan and Kurmann,  Manuel and Martin,  Caroline and Mayer,  Paula and Rabe,  Sven-Erik and Streit,  Jan and Zekollari,  Harry and Gr\^et-Regamey,  Adrienne},
year = {2024},
month = jul
}

Atribution

Black, B., Adde, A., Farinotti, D., Guisan, A., Külling, N., Kurmann, M., Martin, C., Mayer, P., Rabe, S.E., Streit, J., Zekollari, H., & Gret-Regamey, A. (2024). Broadening the horizon in land use change modelling: Normative scenarios for nature positive futures in Switzerland. Regional Environmental Change. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02261-0

Contact

[email protected] or @blenback

Acknowledgements

This project was funded under the ValPar.CH project, funded as part of a pilot project of the "Action Plan for the Swiss Biodiversity Strategy (AP SBS)" by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).

LULCC-CH was developed within the chair of Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems (PLUS) at ETH Zurich