Land-use allocation

Component is implemented in:

IMAGE land management model (version IMAGE land management 3.2) Components: Emissions Forest management Land cover and land use Land-use allocation Livestock systems Nutrients

Related IMAGE components

Agricultural economy Crops and grass Drivers

Projects/Applications

Global Land Outlook 1 Global Land Outlook 2 Roads from Rio+20 (2012) project

Key publications

Doelman et al., 2018 Van Asselen and Verburg, 2012

References

Alexandratos and Bruinsma, 2012 Cengic et al., 2020 Doelman et al., 2018 ESA, 2017 Goldewijk et al., 2017 Hansen et al., 2013 Hurtt et al., 2020 IIASA and FAO, 2011 IUCN, 2015 Van Vuuren et al., 2021

Flowchart Land-use allocation. See also the Input/Output Table on the introduction page.

Key policy issues

• How will changes in agricultural demand and trade affect future land-use patterns?
• How will land-use regulation, such as protected areas and REDD schemes, affect future land use and the impacts of land-use change?
• How can agricultural intensification increase global food production, and what policies will contribute to this?

Introduction