Policy-Oriented Integrated Analysis of Land-Use Change: An Analysis of Data Needs |
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Authors: | Helen Briassoulis |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, Karantoni 17, Mytilene 81100, Lesvos, Greece, GR |
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Abstract: | Integrated analysis of land-use change in support of informed policy-making for sustainable land use at various spatial levels
makes heavy requirements for quality data. This paper aims to structure the principal methodological and practical issues
of data needs for this task. The data needs for local level analyses of land-use change are given special attention. The paper
adopts an integrated economic–environmental modeling framework and suggests the main types of data needed. Four main data
dimensions are distinguished: system of spatial reference, system of temporal reference, definitions, and data collection
procedures (sources, collection instruments and techniques, recording and retrieval systems, data format, frequency of data
collection). To evaluate the suitability of current data sets as well as to guide the collection of new ones, a scheme based
on substantive and practical criteria is employed. The former include compatibility, consistency, and reliability of data,
while the latter include availability, ease and cost of data collection/retrieval, and transferability of data. The evaluation
indicates the broad gaps in current data sets along the four main data dimensions. Based on this evaluation, the paper suggests
framework guidelines to address the main data issues identified. RID=" ID=" <SUP>1</SUP>CLAUDE: Coordinating Land Use and
Land Cover Data and Analyses in Europe. European Commission Concerted Action project (DG-XII); DAPLARCH: Data Plan Development
for Land Use and Land Cover Change Research. Program sponsored by IGBP-IHDP (LUCC and DIS). Street, Durham, North Carolina
27707, USA |
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Keywords: | : Land-use change Integrated analysis Data needs |
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