Checnet
Coupling human and ecological networks for sustainable landscape and transport planning
Drift wood and green algae (CC0 1.0 by brogers via Pixabay)
Project details
Duration
01.2016-12.2018
Sponsor
external page SNSF Swiss National Science Foundation
Staff
Professor K.W. Axhausen and I. Dubernet
Partners
- Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems (PLUS) ETH Zurich
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) Birmensdorf
- Department of Ecology and Evolution UNIL Lausanne
Summary
Human networks, consisting of settlements and roads, are often a threat to the integrity of ecological networks, in which natural habitats are connected with one another. Well-connected ecological networks are necessary to ensure biodiversity and well-functioning ecosystems. Read more