Abstract Scenarios serve science by testing the sensitivity of a system and/or society to adapt future. In this study, we present new land use scenario methodology called ScenaLand. This aims develop plausible and contrasting management (LUM) scenarios, useful explore how LUM (e.g. soil water conservation techniques) may affect ecosystem services under global change in wide range environments. ...

Abstract This article presents the identification of soil use potential for different agropastoral and forest scenarios, using an indicator erosion susceptibility from spatialized Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE). All USLE factors were ArcGis 10.5 software, case study Cachoeira Cinco Veados Watershed-RS. To determine R factor, we used Cassol et al. 2007 equation a 33-year series rain data si...

Decision-making in emergency management is a challenging task as the consequences of decisions are considerable, the threatened systems are complex and information is often uncertain. This paper presents a distributed system facilitating better-informed decision-making in strategic emergency management. The construction of scenarios provides a rationale for collecting, organising, and processin...

A critical assumption of studies assessing comparatively waste management options concerns the constant average cost for selective collection regardless the source separation level (SSL) reached, and the neglect of the mass constraint. The present study compares alternative waste management scenarios through the development of a desktop model that tries to remove the above assumption. Several a...

This paper discusses some of the fundamental considerations when managing mining slopes. The goal of management is to reduce all components that contribute to the geotechnical risk and by doing so reduce the risk to as low as reasonably achievable. The techniques and procedures suggested are not exhaustive; they represent a snapshot of some of the practical techniques the author has found usefu...

A multi-agent system was developed to simulate strategies of natural resources management in the remarkable site of the Causse Méjan, a limestone plateau dominated by a rare pseudo-steppe endangered by pine encroachment. To stimulate the emergence of alternative long-term management strategies of the sheep farms and of the woodlands, contrasting dynamic viewpoints on land resources were designe...