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Modelling Land Use Changes (B-KUL-G0I83A)

6 ECTSEnglish52 Second term
Van Rompaey Anton (coordinator) |  Hemerijckx Lisa-Marie |  Van Rompaey Anton
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Aims

General Objectives

 

 

Human-induced conversions and modifications of land cover have an increasing impact on the functioning of the earth system. The influences of these land cover and land use changes become globally significant through their accumulative effects. Students that took this course should:
1) have acquired the necessary knowledge and understanding of the mechanisms of land use change
2) have the technical skills to detect and map land use changes across different spatial scales
3) be able to describe land use change processes by means of computational models
4) be able to evaluate and interpret the output of simulation models in the framework of a broader research hypothesis


Specific objectives
1. Be able to interpret land use change as the result of human-environment interactions
2. Be able to detect and map of land use change using various data sources
3. Understand the principles of empirical-statistical models of land use change and be able include them in computational models
4. Understand the principles of stochastic models of land use change and be able include them in computational models
5.Understand the principles of optimization models of land use change and be able include them in computational models
6. Understand the principles of process-based models and be able include them in computational models
7. Be able to validate and interpret the output of land use change models

Previous knowledge

Basic knowledge of GIS and earth observation techniques

Basic knowledge of programming (Python or equivalent)

Is included in these courses of study

Activities

4 ects. Modelling Land Use Changes: Lectures (B-KUL-G0I83a)

4 ECTSEnglishFormat: Lecture26 Second term
Hemerijckx Lisa-Marie |  Van Rompaey Anton
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Content

1.Land use change as the result of human-environment interactions
2.Detection and mapping of land use change
  a) Data sources
  b) Spatial and temporal scale
  c) Data quality
3.Empirical-statistical models of land use change
4.Stochastic models of land use change
  a) Conditional probability models
  b) Markov chains
  c) Logistic regression
  d) CA-models
5.Optimization models of land use change
  a) Von Thünen
  b) Agent-based models
6.Process-based models
7.Validation and interpretation of land use change model results
  a) Agreement indices
  b) Error propagation and accuracy

 

2 ects. Modelling Land Use Changes: Exercises (B-KUL-G0I84a)

2 ECTSEnglishFormat: Practical26 Second term
Hemerijckx Lisa-Marie |  Van Rompaey Anton
OC Geografie

Content

The students learn to implement the principles of land use modelling in GIS whereby own modeling code is developed. Students elaborate codes and procedures for 3 major assignments, validate their results and write a report.

 

Evaluation

Evaluation: Modelling Land Use Changes (B-KUL-G2I83a)

Type : Partial or continuous assessment with (final) exam during the examination period
Description of evaluation : Written, Paper/Project
Type of questions : Open questions
Learning material : None

Explanation


The exam (10/20) evaluates the insight and knowledge of the themes that were discussed in the course and the practicals. Students should write a report of their home assignments (10/20). Not taking part in the practicals results in a failure on the exam.