As noted, CeNRADS aims "to improve the collective capacity of companies, agencies, and natural resources scientists to thoroughly assess the complex dynamics of changing land use, resource conditions, ecosystem services, and markets" (The Virginia Tech Center for Natural Resources Assessment and Decision Support: Research Projects 2015).
This study uses the concept of functional cover types to establish links between land-use, resource availability and population dynamics.
In the Art Production Fund's press statement, Ms. Meckseper describes the piece as "a conceptual gesture that raises questions about business and capital, land use and resources; wealth and decay; decadence and dependence".
The feedback shows that the game is a valuable tool in environmental education initiating learning the complexity of feedbacks in land use and resources appropriation.
Land use and resources varied across the island, moreso reflecting environmental constraints than an abuse of the environment.
The pattern is similar for impacts on ecosystem quality (R-EQ, except for bg_grass due to high land use) and resource depletion (R-RS), with higher differences for resources.
Where land use and resource extraction is severely limited, local people turn to resource pools outside parks.
The proposed model can help decision makers to make informed decisions related to the land use and resource allocation.
It was clear that disaster risk reduction is an integral objective of environment-related policies and plans, including for land use, natural resource management and climate change adaptation.
The analyses show that land use, water resource exploitation, and environmental impacts or disturbances from engineering and management activities are the key driving forces for the changes of wetland ecosystems in the structure and functions in the Taihu Lake Basin.
