Land allocation decision support system
What is LADSS ?
LADSS (Land Allocation Decision Support System) is a computer based rural land use planning tool being developed within the Landscape Change Programme of The Macaulay Institute.
What does LADSS do?
Supports strategic, farm-scale, land use planning by suggesting possible combinations of land uses to meet multiple-objectives.
Provides a framework within which the financial, social and environmental consequences of changes in land use may be evaluated.
Demonstrates an approach to the integrating of spatial data and analysis methods with land use systems models.
Acts as a channel for technology transfer from land use scientists to land managers and facilitates the inclusion of practitioner knowledge into models of land use systems.
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