PESERA-DESMICE: Land management evaluation model

Table of Contents

1. Authors
2. Summary
3. Acronyms
4. Introduction
5. Coarse-scale model description
   1. The PESERA model: summary
   2. Alternative approaches to assessing soil erosion
   3. Process representation in PESERA
   4. Extensions of PESERA
   5. Adapting PESERA
   6. Assessment at catchment scales
6. Cost-effectiveness modelling
   1. Step 1
   2. Step 2
   3. Step 3
   4. Step 4
   5. Step 5
   6. Step 6
   7. Step 7
   8. Step 8
   9. Step 9
   10. Step 10
   11. Step 11
   12. Step 12
7. Agent-Based modelling in Spain
   1. Phase 1
   2. Phase 2
   3. Phase 3
   4. Phase 4
   5. Phase 5
   6. Phase 6
8. Input-Output modelling in Spain
   1. Model construction
   2. Scenario analyses
9. References

Agent-Based modelling in Spain

Using the Torrealvilla catchment, extending over an area of 250 km², of the Guadalentin basin (Spain) as a case study, a model is being constructed to determine what factors influence the decisions of land managers to adopt different remediation strategies and to change land uses under different future scenarios using Agent-Based Modelling. By investigating the effects of different policy scenarios on these decisions, it will be possible to evaluate how different policy options may affect adoption of different remediation strategies and land uses across landscapes, and evaluate the biophysical consequences of such changes. The following text describes the modelling framework that has been developed, and on going works involved to implement it.