Looking Forward: Using Scenario Modeling to Support Regional Land Use Planning in Northern Yukon, Canada
Regional land use planning provides opportunities for governments, land users, and stakeholders to consider multiple land and resource interests over large geographic areas and meaningful time periods. The broad and integrative nature of regional planning is therefore well suited to assessing the po...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:43d0d9b40eb348a7a8c2d242275ded6f 2023-05-15T16:32:23+02:00 Looking Forward: Using Scenario Modeling to Support Regional Land Use Planning in Northern Yukon, Canada Shawn R. Francis Jeff Hamm 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04532-160418 https://doaj.org/article/43d0d9b40eb348a7a8c2d242275ded6f EN eng Resilience Alliance http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss4/art18/ https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087 1708-3087 doi:10.5751/ES-04532-160418 https://doaj.org/article/43d0d9b40eb348a7a8c2d242275ded6f Ecology and Society, Vol 16, Iss 4, p 18 (2011) ALCES® cumulative effects Eagle Plain land use planning limits of acceptable change moose North Yukon Porcupine caribou herd scenario modeling Vuntut Gwitchin Yukon Government Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2011 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04532-160418 2022-12-31T09:07:51Z Regional land use planning provides opportunities for governments, land users, and stakeholders to consider multiple land and resource interests over large geographic areas and meaningful time periods. The broad and integrative nature of regional planning is therefore well suited to assessing the potential cumulative effects of current and future land use activity. For this reason, cumulative effects assessment models and management concepts are playing an increasingly important role in regional planning. We describe how the ALCES® landscape cumulative effects simulation model was used to explore possible outcomes of an oil and gas scenario in the Eagle Plain basin of the North Yukon Planning Region of Yukon Territory, Canada. Scenario modeling was conducted to facilitate informed discussion about key land use issues and practices, potential levels of landscape change, and possible socioeconomic benefits and environmental impacts. Modeling results supported the sustainable development and cumulative effects management recommendations of the North Yukon Regional Land Use Plan. Land use scenario modeling, as applied in this project, was found to be an effective approach for establishing sustainable development guidelines through a regional planning process. Article in Journal/Newspaper Gwitchin Yukon Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Yukon Canada Ecology and Society 16 4 |
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Regional land use planning provides opportunities for governments, land users, and stakeholders to consider multiple land and resource interests over large geographic areas and meaningful time periods. The broad and integrative nature of regional planning is therefore well suited to assessing the potential cumulative effects of current and future land use activity. For this reason, cumulative effects assessment models and management concepts are playing an increasingly important role in regional planning. We describe how the ALCES® landscape cumulative effects simulation model was used to explore possible outcomes of an oil and gas scenario in the Eagle Plain basin of the North Yukon Planning Region of Yukon Territory, Canada. Scenario modeling was conducted to facilitate informed discussion about key land use issues and practices, potential levels of landscape change, and possible socioeconomic benefits and environmental impacts. Modeling results supported the sustainable development and cumulative effects management recommendations of the North Yukon Regional Land Use Plan. Land use scenario modeling, as applied in this project, was found to be an effective approach for establishing sustainable development guidelines through a regional planning process. |
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Looking Forward: Using Scenario Modeling to Support Regional Land Use Planning in Northern Yukon, Canada |
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Looking Forward: Using Scenario Modeling to Support Regional Land Use Planning in Northern Yukon, Canada |
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