What is the feasibility, desirability and viability for developing a comprehensive taxonomy for land use that meets the needs of UK land use decision making?

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DSIT Areas of Research Interest 2024 GOV UK

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    PLUS Change brings together 23 institutions from across Europe including 5 Universities, 5 research institutes, 3 stakeholder network organisations, 1 performing arts collective, and 9 practice partners representing regi...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Lead research organisation: SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project directly addresses the question by developing a comprehensive taxonomy for land use that meets the needs of UK land use decision making.

  • Joined-up land use strategies tackling climate change and biodiversity loss (MOSAIC)

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    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially addresses the question by focusing on land use strategies related to climate change and biodiversity loss.

  • Programme Coordination Team, Landscape Decisions - Towards a new framework for using land assets

    The Strategic Priority Fund (SPF) programme 'Landscape Decisions: towards a new framework for using land assets' is delivering a new framework for land management decisions. It draws on social science, economics, natural...

    Funded by: UKRI

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    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially addresses the question by delivering a new framework for land management decisions related to UK environment plan goals.

  • Valuing Nature Land Allocation Models Phase 1

    As a society we have many competing needs for the landscapes around us. Decision makers need a good understanding of the implications of different decisions for land use e.g. whether to use land for different types of fa...

    Funded by: UKRI

    Lead research organisation: UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY

  • Land Allocation and Valuation Models Phase 2

    Land allocation models or Ecosystem service tools (ES tools) are simple descriptions of complex landscape processes which includes biogeochemical processes as well as demographic and socioeconomic influence. These ecosys...

    Funded by: UKRI

    Lead research organisation: University of Aberdeen

  • VALUES - VAluing Land Use change and Ecosystem Services

    The VALUES project seeks to combine environmental data sets to build a prototype Geographical Information System (GIS) based tool which will support identification of optimum routes for large scale corridor style infrast...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

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  • Bridging the national and local in landscape decision making: building effective regional partnerships that deliver on climate policy objectives

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  • Co-desIgning Robust natural Capital LandscapEs (CIRCLE)

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    Funded by: UKRI

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

  • Skylark Analytics: Natural Capital Land Use Strategy

    The markets for carbon and other environmental goods need enhanced integrity. Trading requires confidence. Skylark communicates the relevant information to the relevant parties to supply that confidence. It will, in effe...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: SKYLARK MAPS LTD

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on developing a comprehensive taxonomy for land use decision making in the UK, addressing feasibility, desirability, and viability.

  • Explainable AI for UK agricultural land use decision-making

    Agricultural land use dynamics and their associated driving factors represent highly complex systems of flows that are subject to non-linearities, sensitivities, and uncertainties across spatial and temporal scales. They...

    Funded by: UKRI

    Lead research organisation: UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY

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