Futures Analysis of Urban Land Use and Wetland Change in Saskatoon, Canada: An Application in Strategic Environmental Assessment

Futures Analysis of Urban Land Use and Wetland Change in Saskatoon, Canada: An Application in Strategic Environmental Assessment

This paper presents a scenario-based approach to strategic environmental assessment (SEA) for wetland trend analysis and land use and land cover (LUC) modeling in an urban environment. The application is focused on the Saskatoon urban environment, a rapidly growing urban municipality in Canada’s pra...

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Main Authors: Anton Sizo, Bram Noble, Scott Bell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-01-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
strategic environmental assessment
environmental baseline assessment
scenario analysis
zero alternative
urban planning
wetland conservation
Markov Chain
land use
future analysis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/1/811

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