Research Projects
SELINA
Science for evidence-based and sustainabLe decisions about natural capital
New Urban Agendas under Planetary Urbanisation
Designing sustainable agriurbanism
Future Cities Lab Global - Tana
Designing blue-green infrastructure to foster resilience for the agro-urban tropical city of Antananarivo
3D DSS - Earth Cable
Extension of the 3D DSS to support the planning of power lines.
Landscape concept Canton of Schwyz
A new landscape typology to secure landscape quality
GLOBESCAPE
Enabling transformation: Linking design and land system science to foster place-making in peri-urban landscapes under increasing globalization
Project description
Assessing Singapore’s Natural Capital
Quantifying Singapore’s ‘Natural Capital’ will contribute to a better understanding of the benefits provided to Singaporeans by natural ecosystems. It will also identify which natural assets are most at risk from urban development and climate change
ENERGYSCAPE
Developing recommendations as basis for a landscape strategy with a mix of renewable energy systems
Polisol
Policy Instruments for Sustainable Soil and Land Use Management and their Acceptance
Checnet
Coupling human and ecological networks for sustainable landscape and transport planning
EMPHASES
Assessing emergent phenomena in complex social-ecological systems with time series of settlement and habitat networks
ECOPOTENTIAL
Improving future ecosystem benefits through earth observations
Telecoupled Landscapes
Managing telecoupled landscapes for the sustainable provision of ecosystem services and poverty alleviation
ESMERALDA
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and
decision making
Soil indicators for sustainable planning
This project develops two soil indicators capable to deliver relevant information for planning the sustainable use of soil, its functions, and its Ecosystem Services: BOKS and SQUID. Both indicators target strategic spatial planning, i.e., directive plans
MtnPATHS
Pathways for global change adaptation of mountain socio-ecological systems
RECREATE Switzerland
Assessing future impacts of climate change and the decarbonisation of the mobility and energy sector on outdoor recreation in Switzerland
Mapping ecosystem services in urban landscapes
Future Cities Lab
This study will explore the link between urbanization and ecosystem service provision
Further Developments for Agricultural Planning (LP+)
Agricultural planning is a proven informal planning process for the coordination of spatial development in rural regions.
