Polyscape is a GIS framework designed to explore spatially explicit synergies and trade-offs amongst ecosystem services to support landscape management (from individual fields through to local landscapes of 1000 km2 scale). Polyscape currently maps the impacts of land-cover change on surface runoff, habitat connectivity, erosion, carbon sequestration and agricultural productivity. The tool also incorporates trade-off algorithms that allow visualisation of the impact of different land management decisions and, thus, can be useful for land-use planning at local landscape scales.
Publication year
2022
Authors
Language
English
Geographic
Kenya
