Environmental models are used extensively to evaluate the effectiveness of a range of
design, planning, operational, management and policy options. However, the number of …

Reconciling carbon emissions and GDP development is a challenge for most Chinese cities
in the sustainable development process. Taking the Yangtze River Delta of China as an …

Current large-scale patterns of land use reflect history, local traditions, and production costs,
much more so than they reflect biophysical potential or global supply and demand for food …

Environmental factors, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and soil organic carbon
(SOC), should be considered when building a sustainable biofuel supply chain. This work …

Combining simulation models and multi-objective optimization can help solving complex
land use allocation problems by considering multiple, often competing demands on …

Ensuring the protection of natural vegetation is a complex challenge that demands a mix of
policies. In Brazil, conservation on private land relies on large-scale command-and-control …

Large-scale land use and land cover (LULC) changes can have strong impacts on natural
ecosystems, such as losses of biodiversity and carbon. Future impacts, under one or …

This study aimed to transition localized hybrid renewable energy microgrid system in
multiple regions by integrating excess renewable electricity and carbon dioxide generated …

In tropical regions, shifting from forests and traditional agroforestry to intensive plantations
generates conflicts between human welfare (farmers' demands and societal needs) and …

Various methods have been developed for the calibration of cellular automata (CA), which
can produce a plausible cell-by-cell fit between modeling results and observed land-use …