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Title: | Operations research applicability in spatial conservation planning |
Authors: | Alagador, Diogo Cerdeira, Jorge Orestes |
Keywords: | Ckimate Change Computational sustainability Conservation planning Mathematical programming Optimization Spatial analysis |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
Publisher: | Journal of Environmental Management |
Citation: | Alagador, D., Cerdeira, J.O., 2022. Operations research applicability in spatial conservation planning. Journal of Environmental Management 315, 115172. |
Abstract: | A large fraction of the current environmental crisis derives from the large rates of human-driven biodiversity loss.
Biodiversity conservation questions human practices towards biodiversity and, therefore, largely conflicts with
ordinary societal aspirations. Decisions on the location of protected areas, one of the most convincing conservation
tools, reflect such a competitive endeavor. Operations Research (OR) brings a set of analytical models and
tools capable of resolving the conflicting interests between ecology and economy. Recent technological advances
have boosted the size and variety of data available to planners, thus challenging conventional approaches
bounded on optimized solutions. New models and methods are needed to use such a massive amount of data in
integrative schemes addressing a large variety of concerns. This study provides an overview on the past, present
and future challenges that characterize spatial conservation models supported by OR. We discuss the progress of
OR models and methods in spatial conservation planning and how those models may be optimized through
sophisticated algorithms and computational tools. Moreover, we anticipate possible panoramas of modern spatial
conservation studies supported by OR and we explore possible avenues for the design of optimized interdisciplinary
collaborative platforms in the era of Big Data, through consortia where distinct players with different
motivations and services meet. By enlarging the spatial, temporal, taxonomic and societal horizons of biodiversity
conservation, planners navigate around multiple socioecological/environmental equilibria and are able to
decide on cost-effective strategies to improve biodiversity persistence under complex environments. |
URI: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722007459 http://hdl.handle.net/10174/32372 |
Type: | article |
Appears in Collections: | MED - Publicações - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais Com Arbitragem Científica
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