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A Common Land-Use Change Model for Both the Walloon and Flanders Regions in Belgium

Authors:
Benjamin Beaumont
Nathalie Stephenne
Eric Hallot
Lien Poelmans
Odile Close

Keywords: land-use change; cellular automata; sustainable spatial planning; risk assessment

Abstract:
Floods, urban heat islands, mobility issues and other environmental and health risks increase with urban growth. For a sustainable planning of their territory, authorities need operational decision support tools, which can assess short and long-terms impacts of current, intended or optional policies on land-use change. This paper considers the application of a constrained cellular automata land-use change model within both the Walloon and Flanders region in Belgium. Some methodological steps needed for this application are discussed. A national land-use change model is seen as a key asset for sustainable spatial planning.

Pages: 43 to 45

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: April 24, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-393X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-469-5

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 24, 2016 to April 28, 2016