Planning for Protected Areas Using Spatial and Temporal Metrics

planning for protected areas using spatial and temporal metrics

Measuring spatial - temporal of Yazd urban form using spatial metrics

Abstract Urban form can be affected by diverse factors in different times. Socio- economic, political and physical factors are among the main contributors. So, one of the most important challenges of urban planners is measuring and identifying urban development pattern in order to direct and strengthen it to sustainable pattern and right direction. The case study of the present paper is the ...

Classification of Protected Forest Areas for Road Network Planning (Case Study: Arasbaran Area)

The road network is an important element for sustainable forest ecosystem management. On the other hand, efficiency and quality of road design can be improved by considering of environmental and technical principles. Therefore, this study was performed to determine the capability of Arasbaran protected area for road passing and communication routes in order to use in the area management. For th...

Reserves in Context: Planning for Leakage from Protected Areas

When protected areas reduce threats within their boundaries, they often displace a portion of these threats into adjacent areas through a process known as 'leakage', undermining conservation objectives. Using theoretical models and a case study of terrestrial mammals in Indonesia, we develop the first theoretical explanation of how leakage impacts conservation actions, and highlight conservatio...

Spatial Path Planning of Static Robots Using Configuration Space Metrics

Obstacle avoidance and robot path planning problems have gained sufficient research attention due to its indispensable application demand in manufacturing vis-à-vis material handling sector, such as picking-andplacing an object, loading / unloading a component to /from a machine or storage bins. Visibility map in the configuration space (c-space) has become reasonably instrumental towards solvi...

Protected areas – protected species?

Wild life: The elusive fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) is the top predator in the dry deciduous forests of Madagascar, but very little was known about its biology until the 1990s. The presence of volunteer groups studying its role in the forest’s ecology has also helped to protect its habitat. (Photo: Earthwatch/ Luke Dollar.) The world’s latest national park has just been created in the east of Russ...