LUSzoning provides land-use change simulations integrating digitized zoning plans for four Spanish Functional Urban Areas. The dataset was generated by the CONCUR research project led by Dr. Anna M. Hersperger and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. It was created between 2016 and 2021.
Use Cases
- Simulate future urban land-use changes under different planning intervention scenarios using digitized zoning plan data.
- Analyze the role of planning by comparing scenarios with integrated zoning constraints against a scenario with minimal planning intervention.
- Model urban density variations by applying zoning constraints that reflect low, medium, or high development intensities.
- Generate transferable modeling frameworks for integrating spatial planning policies as soft constraints in land-change models.
Strengths
- Simulations cover four major Spanish Functional Urban Areas: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and Zaragoza.
- Data integrates digitized zoning plans, moving beyond simple Boolean restrictions to reflect gradual urban densities.
- Modeling framework is designed to be transferable for integrating planning into land-use simulations.
Limitations
- Dataset temporal coverage and specific simulation timeframes are not detailed in the provided description.
- The exact number of simulated land-use change records or spatial resolution is unknown.
- Geographic scope is limited to four Spanish urban areas, limiting broader applicability.
Provenance
- Source
- CONCUR research project led by Dr. Anna M. Hersperger, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
- Collection Method
- Generated through a multi-scenario land-use change modeling approach integrating digitized zoning plans.
- Time Range
- Project period 2016-2021.
- Freshness
- Last updated in 2021.
- Geography
- Functional Urban Areas of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and Zaragoza, Spain.