Original title |
LandMod 2010: International
Conference on Integrative Landscape Modelling
|
Original abstract |
The 2010 international
conference on integrative landscape modelling gathered around
100 leading scientists in each of the main disciplines dealing
with ecosystems and landscape simulation and management, complex
dynamic modelling and assessment of vulnerability, resilience
and adaptation of agro- and eco-systems under human influence.
The main objectives of the conference were: To discuss the
objectives, priorities and expectations when modelling the
functioning of landscapes; To share experience about landscape
modelling and to identify major existing conceptual and
technological gaps; To release a state of the art' about
landscape modelling and simulation; To start building an
international network on integrative ecosystems and landscape
modelling. The landscape: a complex system The landscape is a
result of complex interactions between biophysical and
ecological processes (the environment' sub-system) and human
activities (the human' sub-system). These two sub-systems are
closely inter-dependent: land use and management, driven by
socio-economic and environmental factors, lead to changes in the
functioning of ecosystem processes, which in turn influence
human decisions. The study of landscapes implies researches in
many different disciplines like soil sciences, hydrology,
agronomy, ecology, social sciences, economy As such, in order to
gain a better understanding of landscape functioning, it is
necessary to integrate of the various components of the system
and their dynamic interactions through modelling approaches. To
do so, researchers from each of the disciplines involved not
only need to work together, but also with scientists in the
domain of mathematics and computing. The landscape is a relevant
scale of study both for a better understanding of the impacts of
global changes and as a unit of dialogue among local
stakeholders for decision making about land use planning in
order to optimise environmental services in a sustainable way.
For these reasons, there is definitely a great need for
scientific-based, user-friendly, game-like platforms for
integrative landscape modelling, enabling either scientists or
multiple stakeholders to test their landscape design and
management ideas in the light of economical, ecological and
environmental constraints. The development of such platforms
needs to integrate knowledge from different disciplines in order
to provide effective solutions for real-world problems. The
dynamic of landscape research in Montpellier Montpellier in
France is at the heart of a thematic research network on
agronomic research and sustainable development in the South and
the Mediterranean region, supported by several research
institutions including INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro and Cirad.
Within this research network, several teams have developed, each
with a specific scientific focus, its own model or platform for
simulating some components of the landscape structure and
functioning. Recently, these teams have obtained financial
support from Agropolis Foundation in order to think about how to
integrate their knowledge and link their models and platforms in
a general conceptual and modelling framework, enabling to
address the main biological, physical, geographical and
socio-economical interactions impacting ecosystems and landscape
functioning and management. This phase constitutes a first step
for all partners to share their background experience in their
own discipline (ecology, agronomy, hydrology, socio-economy) and
further try to define a roadmap for building an integrative
modelling platform at the landscape level (for more information,
see the website http://www.umr-lisah.fr/rtra-projects/). In
order to enlarge their views and build an international state of
the art about integrative landscape modelling, software
modelling and simulation platforms applied to landscape
dynamics, this research network launches the 2010 International
Conference on Integrative Landscape Modelling, in February 2010
in Montpellier.
|
Translated title |
LandMod 2010 : Conférence internationale sur la modélisation intégrée des paysages |
ISBN |
978-2-7592-0859-3
|
Organiser |
LANDMOD2010
|
Organization committee |
Jean-Christophe Fabre(1) ; Marc
Jaeger(2) ; Xavier Louchart(1) ; Jean-Pierre Muller(2)
|
Organization committee affiliation |
(1) INRA (France) ; (2) CIRAD
(France)
|
Scientific committee |
Philippe Ackerer(1) ; Richard
Aspinall(2) ; Daniel Auclair(3) ; Olivier Barreteau(4) ; Lluís
Brotons(5) ; Yves Brunet(3) ; Raphael Duboz(6) ; Christine
Furst(7) ; Cédric Gaucherel(3) ; Volker Grimm(8) ; Sandra
Luque(4) ; Dawn Parker(9) ; Tom A. Veldkamp(10) ; Peter
Verburg(11) ; Marc Voltz(3)
|
Scientific committee affiliation |
(1) University of Strasbourg
(France) ; (2) Macaulay Institute (UK) ; (3) INRA (France) ; (4)
CEMAGREF (France) ; (5) Technological Forestry Centre of
Catalonia (Spain) ; (6) CIRAD (France) ; (7) Dresden University
of Technology (Germany) ; (8) Helmholtz Center for Environmental
Research (Germany) ; (9) University of Waterloo (Canada) ; (10)
International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth
Observation (NL) ; (11) University of Amsterdam (NL)
|
Publisher |
éditions Quæ
|
Date |
3/2/2010 au 5/2/2010
|
Location |
Montpellier, France
|
- [1] Forest and natural ecosystem managers in the landscape multiscale modelling, challenges and opportunities ; Auclair, D. ; INRA Montpellier ; 12 p. (pdf) |
- [2] Land surface phenology as an integrative diagnostic for landscape modelling ; Henebry, G.M. ; South Dakota State University ; 9 p. (pdf) |
- [3] Time-Space Dependencies in Land-Use Successions at the scale of an Agricultural Landscape ; Lazrak, E.G.(1) ; Benoît, M.(1) ; Mari, J.F.(2) ; (1) INRA ; (2) UMR CNRS 7503 / INRIA ; ; 8 p. (pdf) |