Sustainability | |
Futures Analysis of Urban Land Use and Wetland Change in Saskatoon, Canada: An Application in Strategic Environmental Assessment | |
Anton Sizo3  Bram Noble2  Scott Bell1  | |
[1] Geography and Planning, Spatial Initiative, University of Saskatchewan, 117 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C8, Canada; E-Mail:;Geography and Planning, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, 117 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C8, Canada; E-Mail:;Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan, 117 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C8, Canada | |
关键词: strategic environmental assessment; environmental baseline assessment; scenario analysis; zero alternative; urban planning; wetland conservation; Markov Chain; land use; future analysis; | |
DOI : 10.3390/su7010811 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
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 prairie pothole region. Alternative future LUC was simulated using remote sensing data and city spatial planning documentation using a Markov Chain technique. Two alternatives were developed and compared for LUC change and threats to urban wetland sustainability: a zero alternative that simulated trends in urban development and wetland conservation under a
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