A variety of decision models have been formulated for the optimal selection of nature
reserve sites to represent a diversity of species or other conservation features. Unfortunately …

Expanding human population and economic growth have led to large-scale conversion of
natural habitat to human-dominated landscapes with consequent large-scale declines in …

In this paper, we propose the ecological network concept as a suitable basis for inserting
biodiversity conservation into sustainable landscape development. For landscapes to be …

Deciding where to implement conservation actions in order to meet conservation targets
efficiently is an important component of systematic conservation planning. Mathematical …

Spatial considerations are important in conservation reserve design. A particularly important
spatial requirement is the connectivity of selected sites. Direct connections between reserve …

In this paper we present a novel expansion of the problem of optimal reserve site selection
over time. We explore a case where areas with valuable biodiversity cannot all be protected …

Compactness and landscape connectivity are essential properties for effective functioning of
conservation reserves. In this article we introduce a linear integer programming model to …

In the conservation literature, heuristic procedures have been employed to incorporate
spatial considerations in reserve network selection with the presumption that …

Sustainable urban form has been recognized as one of the major concerns of the planning
practice. Current land use pattern trends with low-density, single-use, leapfrog urban growth …

The reserve set covering problem minimizes the total cost or area of sites needed to
represent all species within a system of nature reserves, but does not address spatial …