Land Use Management Support System (LUMASS)

Purpose

LUMASS is designed to provide support for two high level aspects of land management: i) land use impact assessment and ii) spatial planning. The former aspect is supported by its spatial system dynamics modelling framework and the latter by its spatial optimisation framework

Description

The Land Use Management Support System (LUMASS) was developed by Alexander Herzig of Landcare Research it is a free and open source software. LUMASS is designed to provide support for two high level aspects of land management: i) land use impact assessment and ii) spatial planning. The former aspect is supported by its spatial system dynamics modelling framework and the latter by its spatial optimisation framework. 

The Spatial optimisation framework has applications which relate to future planning and policy development including but not limited to; exploring environmental, economic and social limits in a scenario, identifying trade-offs between conflicting objectives & exploring landscape development potentials.

The model processes and displays raster data for spatial land management purposes. It can also display (polygon) vector data and 3D point clouds which can in some cases be used in spatial optimisation. The model uses a graphical user interface with context menus for different tasks such as Map view, Model View & Map layers.   

 

Latest Version	LUMASS 0.9.57
State of Development	Released and updated
Current Development Activity	Ongoing

Scope

Outcome Areas	Environmental
Management Domains	Ecosystem Services, Land, Freshwater
Intended End Users	Regional Council Scientist Researcher
Steady State or Dynamic	Unknown

Input & Output Data

Key Input Data	Land Use soil, type, land quality, property boundaries
Output Data Formats	GIS Compatible Files

Accessibility

Open/Closed Source	Open Source
Licence Type	No Licence

User Information

Operating Systems	MS Windows
Software Needed	ArcGIS, ArcObjects, ArcMaps, lp_solve
User Interface	Graphical desktop
Ease of Use	Moderate Requires some knowledge about multi-objective optimisation
Use in Policy Process	Plan (Policy Formulation), Review (Issue Identification)
Documentation	Downloads and User Guides available from LUMASS Wiki
Users Forum	https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/lumass-users

Technical Considerations

Analytical Techniques	Spatial Dynamics
Model Structure
Keywords	Spatially explicit system dynamics, Land systems modelling, Spatial optimisation, Integrated modelling framework, LUMASS
Links	LUMASS Wiki Page
Key References	Herzig A, Ausseil A-GE, Dymond JR 2013. Spatial optimisation of ecosystem services. In Dymond JR ed. Ecosystem services in New Zealand – conditions and trends. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand. http://tinyurl.com/y7vyqcao Herzig A, Rutledge D 2013. Integrated Land Systems Modelling and Optimisation. In Piantadosi J, Anderssen RS, Boland J (eds.) MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2013, pp. 880-886. http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2013/C8/herzig.pdf Herzig A, Ausseil A-GE, Dymond JR 2013. Sensitivity of land-use pattern optimisation to variation in input data and constraints. In Piantadosi J, Anderssen RS, Boland J (eds.) MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2013, pp. 1840-1846. http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2013/H12/herzig.pdf

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