Nature Value Explorer

Belgian decision support tool. Free webbased tool which estimates the impact of land use change on the delivery of ecosystem services. Rural and urban version. The urban version works similar as the rural on but it is more to map the benefits of green-blue measure in the city. The rural tool is mostly based on statistical functions calculating biophysical terms de ecosystem services delivery (e.g. ton C, kg N, m³ infiltration, no of visits...). There is also a monetary value given to that when possible. Urban tool is more on key numbers per green or blue measure.

Thematic areas:

• Forest Management
• Rural Land Development
• Natural Resource Management
• Green Infrastructure
• Mixed Land Uses

Target audience:

• Academy
• Policy makers
• Land managers

Application area:

• Analysis
• Interaction and visualization
• Assessment

Spatially specific:

• Yes

Input data:

• Qualitative
• Quantitative

Output data: 

• Aggregated data

Time requirement:

• Low

VITO - Inge Liekens