TY  - JOUR
A1  - Yalew, S. G.
A1  - Pilz, Tobias
A1  - Schweitzer, C.
A1  - Liersch, Stefan
A1  - van der Kwast, J.
A1  - van Griensven, A.
A1  - Mul, Marloes L.
A1  - Dickens, Chris
A1  - van der Zaag, Pieter
T1  - Coupling land-use change and hydrologic models for quantification of catchment ecosystem services
JF  - Environmental modelling & software with environment data news
N2  - Representation of land-use and hydrologic interactions in respective models has traditionally been problematic. The use of static land-use in most hydrologic models or that of the use of simple hydrologic proxies in land-use change models call for more integrated approaches. The objective of this study is to assess whether dynamic feedback between land-use change and hydrology can (1) improve model performances, and/or (2) produce a more realistic quantification of ecosystem services. To test this, we coupled a land-use change model and a hydrologic mode. First, the land-use change and the hydrologic models were separately developed and calibrated. Then, the two models were dynamically coupled to exchange data at yearly time-steps. The approach is applied to a catchment in South Africa. Performance of coupled models when compared to the uncoupled models were marginal, but the coupled models excelled at the quantification of catchment ecosystem services more robustly.
KW  - Model coupling
KW  - Ecosystem services
KW  - Integrated modelling
KW  - Land and water
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.08.029
SN  - 1364-8152
SN  - 1873-6726
VL  - 109
SP  - 315
EP  - 328
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -