The Land Utilisation & Capability Indicator (LUCI) is a GIS framework that considers impacts of land use on multiple ecosystem services in a holistic and spatially explicit manner.
A Configuration Capability Indicator (CCI) that maps the manufacturing system configuration parameters into an expected product quality level has been developed.
Using examples of provisioning and regulating services (water supply, carbon storage and nutrient retention), we compare three spatially explicit tools – LUCI (Land Utilisation and Capability Indicator), ARIES (Artificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services) and InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs).
LUCI Land Utilisation and Capability Indicator Victoria University of Wellington Explores the capability of a landscape to provide a variety of ecosystem services.
Spatially explicit modeling tools like ARIES, Environmental Systems Modelling Platform (Ensym), InVEST, Land Utilisation and Capability Indicator (LUCI), and Multiscale Integrated Models of Ecosystem Services (MIMES) can quantify biophysical metrics for ecosystem services using varying modeling paradigms, complexity, and underlying assumptions.
Information was collected on five areas of data management and reporting systems: i) M&E structures, functions, and capabilities; ii) indicator definitions and reporting guidelines; iii) data collection and reporting forms and tools; iv) data management processes; and v) links with the national reporting system [ 6].
In-depth interviews were conducted at the national (n = 27), district (n = 31), and facility/community (n = 71) levels to assess i) M&E structures, functions, and capabilities; ii) indicator definitions and reporting guidelines; iii) data collection forms and tools; iv) data management processes; and v) links with the national reporting system.
Pandemic preparedness scores for each country were calculated as a percentage by summing the scores for each of the 12 capabilities and dividing the totals by the maximum score possible (12 capabilities × 4 indicators × maximum indicator score of 3 = 144).
Capacity (for example strengthened systems or creation of public value) is distinct from capabilities [ 5] and indicators generally do not reflect complex capabilities such as the degree of autonomous leadership by southern institutions or the potential for sustainability.
