scholarly journals Nature-Based Solutions for Storm Water Management—Creation of a Green Infrastructure Suitability Map as a Tool for Land-Use Planning at the Municipal Level in the Province of Monza-Brianza (Italy)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6124
Author(s):  
Giulio Senes ◽  
Paolo Stefano Ferrario ◽  
Gianpaolo Cirone ◽  
Natalia Fumagalli ◽  
Paolo Frattini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Rainwater Infiltration ◽  
Suitability Map ◽  
Municipal Level

Growing and uncontrolled urbanization and climate change (with an associated increase in the frequency of intense meteoric events) have led to a rising number of flooding events in urban areas due to the insufficient capacity of conventional drainage systems. Nature-Based Solutions represent a contribution to addressing these problems through the creation of a multifunctional green infrastructure, both in urban areas and in the countryside. The aim of this work was to develop a methodology to define Green Infrastructure for stormwater management at the municipal level. The methodology is defined on the basis of three phases: the definition of the territorial information needed, the production of base maps, and the production of a Suitability Map. In the first phase, we define the information needed for the identification of non-urbanized areas where rainwater can potentially infiltrate, as well as areas with soil characteristics that can exclude or limit rainwater infiltration. In the second phase, we constructed the following base maps: a “map of green areas”, a “map of natural surface infiltration potential” and a “map of exclusion areas”. In phase 3, starting from the base maps created in phase 2 and using Geographical Information Systems’ (GIS) geoprocessing procedures, the “Green area compatibility map to realize Green Infrastructure”, the “map of areas not suitable for infiltration” and the final “Green Infrastructure Suitability Map” are created. This methodology should help municipal authorities to set up Green Infrastructure Suitability Maps as a tool for land-use planning.

scholarly journals Assessment of Switchgrass-Based Bioenergy Supply Using GIS-Based Fuzzy Logic and Network Optimization in Missouri (U.S.A.)

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 4516
Author(s):  
Huynh Truong Gia Nguyen ◽  
Erik Lyttek ◽  
Pankaj Lal ◽  
Taylor Wieczerak ◽  
Pralhad Burli
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Network Optimization ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Analytical Approaches

Bioenergy has been globally recognized as one of the sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels. An assured supply of biomass feedstocks is a crucial bottleneck for the bioenergy industry emanating from uncertainties in land-use changes and future prices. Analytical approaches deriving from geographical information systems (GIS)-based analysis, mathematical modeling, optimization analyses, and empirical techniques have been widely used to evaluate the potential for bioenergy feedstock. In this study, we propose a three-phase methodology integrating fuzzy logic, network optimization, and ecosystem services assessment to estimate potential bioenergy supply. The fuzzy logic analysis uses multiple spatial criteria to identify suitable biomass cultivating regions. We extract spatial information based on favorable conditions and potential constraints, such as developed urban areas and croplands. Further, the network analysis uses the road network and existing biorefineries to evaluate feedstock production locations. Our analysis extends previous studies by incorporating biodiversity and ecologically sensitive areas into the analysis, as well as incorporating ecosystem service benefits as an additional driver for adoption, ensuring that biomass cultivation will minimize the negative consequences of large-scale land-use change. We apply the concept of assessing the potential for switchgrass-based bioenergy in Missouri to the proposed methodology.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Reception Capacity of a Certain Area Regarding Tourist Housing, Addressing Sustainable-Tourism Criteria

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 6422
Author(s):  
Jose Antonio Fernández Gallardo ◽  
Jose María Caridad y Ocerín ◽  
María Genoveva Millán Vázquez de la Torre
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Specific Analysis

The emergence of new 2.0 net collaborative economies has brought an increase in the number of tourists, changing the paradigm of the tourist-housing sector in the main cities around the world. This has directly impacted inhabitants and land-use planning, and there is no general agreement yet between different public and private agents on how to deal with the problem. In this document, a model supported by scientific approaches is presented to assist in planning for sustainable land use through assessing its reception capacity to host tourist housing. The area of study is a medium-sized city in Spain with four UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The methodology is based on the application of the multicriteria decision paradigm in the geographical information systems’ field to deal with complex problems with several alternatives and various criteria to be evaluated. As a result, we obtained a classification of every part of the study area, depending on the reception capacity of the considered uses. The main conclusion is that tourist housing must be regulated, although its effects cannot be generalized, since specific analysis for every neighborhood in a territory is needed.

scholarly journals GI-Technology

2011 ◽  
pp. 118-137
Author(s):  
Anja Wijffels ◽  
Jos Van Orshoven ◽  
Bart Muys ◽  
Dirk Cattrysse
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Land Evaluation ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Temporal Database ◽  
Model Base ◽  
Land Use Allocation ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Automated Support

To deal with the complexity of land use allocation in a spatio-temporally variable context, a generic framework for automated support to multi-objective land use planning is proposed. The framework is rooted in the discipline of land evaluation which is considered a go-between between land resources survey and land use planning. It draws on own experiences and on lessons learnt from literature. It consists of five integrated and interoperable components. The core three ones, the spatio-temporal database, the engine for data query, transformation and analysis and the user interface are adopted from geographical information systems (GIS). A ‘knowledge and model base’ component adds capability for assessing land performance over time. Finally, a multicriteria decision analysis component allows for identifying optimal land units and optimal land use options. The framework’s applicability and the limitations of geographical information technology (GI-Technology) to generate spatio-temporal decision support systems (stDSS) are illustrated with two cases: one in data rich and one in data poor conditions.

scholarly journals Analysing the Synergies and Trade-Offs between Ecosystem Services to Reorient Land Use Planning in Metropolitan Bilbao (Northern Spain)

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorena Peña ◽  
Miren Onaindia ◽  
Beatriz Fernández de Manuel ◽  
Ibone Ametzaga-Arregi ◽  
Izaskun Casado-Arzuaga
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Natural Ecosystems ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Trade Offs

In the last decades, some European cities have undergone important changes in search of a more sustainable development. This is the case for the city of Bilbao (Bizkaia, Basque Country), where a Greenbelt has been maintained surrounding the urban areas allowing the periurban areas to deliver ecosystem services (ES) to society. However, the role of the different ecosystems in the provision of ES is not the same, which can lead to conflicts among them. The aim of this study is to analyze the synergies and trade-offs among the eight most important ES in the Bilbao Metropolitan Greenbelt (BMG) to orient their management strategies towards more multifunctional landscapes. We mapped the ES and overlapped them looking for the most relevant areas for the provision of multiple ES and areas that are mostly lacking ES provision. We identify also existing ES trade-offs and synergies between ES using correlations so that managers can prioritize preservation efforts of land use types in the rest of the area. The results show that provisioning ES had trade-offs with regulating and cultural ES and the latter showed synergies between them. The former are mainly delivered by semi-natural ecosystems, while regulating and cultural ES are delivered mainly by natural ecosystems. Moreover, the most relevant areas for the provision of multiple ES were proposed as potential components of a Green Infrastructure (GI). Their identification and ES bundles could help decision-makers to orient their management strategies towards sustainability in metropolitan areas.

scholarly journals Municipal community gardens in the metropolitan area of Milano. Assessment and planning criteria

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulio Senes ◽  
Natalia Fumagalli ◽  
Paolo Stefano Ferrario ◽  
Daniele Gariboldi ◽  
Roberto Rovelli
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Community Gardens ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Urban Open Space ◽  
The Road ◽  
Adequate Coverage

A <em>community garden</em> (CG) can generally be defined as a piece of land gardened collectively by a group of people that grow their produce on shared lots that have been divided into smaller plots. Some gardens are grown collectively, are divided into different plots for individual and family use; CGs are usually located in urban or peri-urban areas. As a growing portion of the urban open space network, CGs are contributing to land preservation, access to open space, and sustainable re-use of vacant land. They promote healthy communities and provide food security for many. In this context, the object of the study are the <em>municipal community gardens</em> (MCGs), a specific typology of CGs provided for land-use planning legislation and practice as an <em>urban service</em> with social function, made available to the community by the municipalities and assigned to be cultivated to citizens (usually seniors/retired people). In particular, the study aimed: i) to evaluate the presence of MCGs in the <em>città metropolitana di Milano</em> (the former province of Milano); and ii) to define criteria for new MCGs settlement, using existing geo-database and geographical information system to make it replicable in other settings. For the first topic the 133 municipalities of the former province of Milano (excluded the city of Milano) were analysed. Only 59 municipalities had presence of MCGs. The average area per capita of MCGs is 0.68 sq.m/inhab. (if we exclude Rodano, an outlier with 35 sq.m/inhab.). An overlay with land use map has permitted to define the relationships between the MCGs and their surrounding territory. The major part of MCGs are included in urban or suburban areas. For the second goal, the land area to be allocated for new MCGs was assessed for each municipality, comparing area of existing MCGs and a <em>minimum required area</em> (calculated on the basis of the inhabitants number). Finally a method was proposed to locate the new MCGs areas. Criteria used to identify suitable areas for new MCGs were: proximity to the road network inside residential areas, suitable land use, not high land capability. In this way it has been defined for each municipality the number of MCGs to be realized and their area, and located the potentially suitable sites. Choosing between the identified suitable areas, the new MCGs were homogeneously located on the territory of each municipality in order to ensure adequate coverage of residential areas; the degree of coverage has been verified through a <em>service area</em> analysis. The proposed method seems to be useful for the MCGs settlement at metropolitan/provincial level.

scholarly journals Vegetação, Paisagem e o Planejamento do Uso da Terra

GEOgraphia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Claudio Belmonte de Athayde Bohrer
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Land Evaluation ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Significant Advance ◽  
Forest Landscape

Resumo O levantamento e mapeamento da vegetação vem tendo uma importância crescente no plane-jamento do uso da terra em regiões florestais tropicais. Os mapas de vegetação podem ser utilizados indi-vidualmente ou de forma integrada com outros mapas temáticos, para a caracterização e análise da paisa-gem, a qual serve de orientação no processo de planejamento do uso da terra. O uso de mapas ecológicos ou da paisagem contendo informações combinadas de diferentes atributos da paisagem, é um avanço sig-nificativo na avaliação das terras. O enfoque holístico possibilita uma melhor compreensão das inter-rela-ções entre a vegetação e os outros atributos, melhorando significativamente as análises e avaliações resul-tantes . O enfoque paisagístico pode auxiliar ainda no próprio levantamento da vegetação, como o mapea-mento dos diversos tipos de comunidades ou formações florestais de acordo com as características domi-nantes da ambiente físico, como o relevo. Sistemas de Informações Geográficas (SIG) vêm sendo cada vez mais utilizados como banco de dados ambientais, onde dados relevantes podem ser armazenados, manipu-lados, atualizados e combinados em diversas análises e avaliações de diferentes cenários de evolução dinâ-mica natural e antrópica da paisagem florestal tropical. Palavras-Chave: Planejamento do Uso da Terra, Floresta Tropical, Análise da Paisagem, SIG.Abstract The vegetation survey and mapping has an increasingly important role in the land use planning in tropical forest regions. Vegetation maps can be used individually or integrated with other the-matic maps for the characterisation and analysis of the landscape, which will direct the land use planning process. The use of landscape ecological maps, which combine information from different land attributes is a significant advance on land evaluation and appraisal. The holistic approach allows a better understan-ding of the relationships between vegetation and other land attributes, which can improve considerably the results of the analyses and evaluation. The landscape approach can also improve the vegetation or forest survey, helping to map the different forest types according to the dominant aspects of the physical environment, such as relief. Geographical information systems (GIS) are increasingly used as a spatial environmental data base, where relevant data can be stored, handled, updated and combined in the analy-sis and evaluation of alternative scenarios of the natural and anthropogenic tropical forest landscape dynamics. Keywords: Land Use Planning, Tropical Forest, Landscape Analysis, GIS.The vegetation survey and mapping has an increasingly important role in the land use planning in tropical forest regions. Vegetation maps can be used individually or integrated with other the-matic maps for the characterisation and analysis of the landscape, which will direct the land use planning process. The use of landscape ecological maps, which combine information from different land attributes is a significant advance on land evaluation and appraisal. The holistic approach allows a better understan-ding of the relationships between vegetation and other land attributes, which can improve considerably the results of the analyses and evaluation. The landscape approach can also improve the vegetation or forest survey, helping to map the different forest types according to the dominant aspects of the physical environment, such as relief. Geographical information systems (GIS) are increasingly used as a spatial environmental data base, where relevant data can be stored, handled, updated and combined in the analy-sis and evaluation of alternative scenarios of the natural and anthropogenic tropical forest landscape dynamics. Keywords: Land Use Planning, Tropical Forest, Landscape Analysis, GIS.

scholarly journals Marche region, a "marginal" area in Italy: Participation in and exclusion from the Mediterranean megalopolis

2003 ◽  
Vol 70 (420/421) ◽  
pp. 162-168
Author(s):  
Rita Colantonio Venturelli ◽  
Andrea Galli
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Rural Landscape ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Land Planning

Dr Colantonio Venterelli has a degree in Architecture from Rome University. She is a researcher at DISASC (Department of Applied Sciences to Complex Systems) and at the Engineering Faculty of Ancona University, where she is currently teaching Land Planning. Her main research interests and publications regard land planning in relation to environmental resources and the ecological study of the landscape. She has been involved in teaching and scientific exchanges with German universities for many years. She is a member of the World Society for Ekistics. Dr Galli has been Associate Professor of Analysis and Planning of Agricultural Systems at DISASC of Ancona University, Faculty of Agriculture, since 2001. An agronomist, he is currently teaching subjects related to Rural Buildings, Surveying, Cartography, Remote Sensing, Geographical Information Systems, Land Use Planning. Since 1982, his research activity and scientific production have concerned the analysis and evaluation of rural resources, Remote Sensing techniques applied to the rural landscape, Geographical Information Systems technologies, the ecological stability of the rural landscape, changes in land use, and the land use planning process. He has been a member of numerous national, regional and local research projects and has published more than 70 works including articles and books.

Vegetação, Paisagem e o Planejamento do Uso da Terra

GEOgraphia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Claudio Belmonte de Athayde Bohrer
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Land Evaluation ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Significant Advance ◽  
Forest Landscape

Resumo O levantamento e mapeamento da vegetação vem tendo uma importância crescente no plane-jamento do uso da terra em regiões florestais tropicais. Os mapas de vegetação podem ser utilizados indi-vidualmente ou de forma integrada com outros mapas temáticos, para a caracterização e análise da paisa-gem, a qual serve de orientação no processo de planejamento do uso da terra. O uso de mapas ecológicos ou da paisagem contendo informações combinadas de diferentes atributos da paisagem, é um avanço sig-nificativo na avaliação das terras. O enfoque holístico possibilita uma melhor compreensão das inter-rela-ções entre a vegetação e os outros atributos, melhorando significativamente as análises e avaliações resul-tantes . O enfoque paisagístico pode auxiliar ainda no próprio levantamento da vegetação, como o mapea-mento dos diversos tipos de comunidades ou formações florestais de acordo com as características domi-nantes da ambiente físico, como o relevo. Sistemas de Informações Geográficas (SIG) vêm sendo cada vez mais utilizados como banco de dados ambientais, onde dados relevantes podem ser armazenados, manipu-lados, atualizados e combinados em diversas análises e avaliações de diferentes cenários de evolução dinâ-mica natural e antrópica da paisagem florestal tropical. Palavras-Chave: Planejamento do Uso da Terra, Floresta Tropical, Análise da Paisagem, SIG.Abstract The vegetation survey and mapping has an increasingly important role in the land use planning in tropical forest regions. Vegetation maps can be used individually or integrated with other the-matic maps for the characterisation and analysis of the landscape, which will direct the land use planning process. The use of landscape ecological maps, which combine information from different land attributes is a significant advance on land evaluation and appraisal. The holistic approach allows a better understan-ding of the relationships between vegetation and other land attributes, which can improve considerably the results of the analyses and evaluation. The landscape approach can also improve the vegetation or forest survey, helping to map the different forest types according to the dominant aspects of the physical environment, such as relief. Geographical information systems (GIS) are increasingly used as a spatial environmental data base, where relevant data can be stored, handled, updated and combined in the analy-sis and evaluation of alternative scenarios of the natural and anthropogenic tropical forest landscape dynamics. Keywords: Land Use Planning, Tropical Forest, Landscape Analysis, GIS.The vegetation survey and mapping has an increasingly important role in the land use planning in tropical forest regions. Vegetation maps can be used individually or integrated with other the-matic maps for the characterisation and analysis of the landscape, which will direct the land use planning process. The use of landscape ecological maps, which combine information from different land attributes is a significant advance on land evaluation and appraisal. The holistic approach allows a better understan-ding of the relationships between vegetation and other land attributes, which can improve considerably the results of the analyses and evaluation. The landscape approach can also improve the vegetation or forest survey, helping to map the different forest types according to the dominant aspects of the physical environment, such as relief. Geographical information systems (GIS) are increasingly used as a spatial environmental data base, where relevant data can be stored, handled, updated and combined in the analy-sis and evaluation of alternative scenarios of the natural and anthropogenic tropical forest landscape dynamics. Keywords: Land Use Planning, Tropical Forest, Landscape Analysis, GIS.

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