Budget constraint in reforestation meant for minimizing sediment load at a watershed outlet

Pablo Vanegas; Dirk Cattrysse; Jos Van Orshoven

Budget constraint in reforestation meant for minimizing sediment load at a watershed outlet

Pablo Vanegas
, Dirk Cattrysse
, Jos Van Orshoven

KU Leuven

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

Policy and decision makers dealing with environmental conservation and land use planning often require identifying potential sites for contributing to minimize sediment flow reaching riverbeds. This could be one of the environmental objectives of reforestation initiatives. An Integer Programming (IP) formulation for selecting a predefined number of locations to minimize sediment load at a watershed outlet has been previously developed in [1]. This paper tests that formulation under the assumption that the area to be reforested is not known in advance, a budget constraint is included instead. Therefore the extension of the reforested area is subject to this budget constraint, which makes the problem more complex. Several experiments are performed for two watersheds in South Dakota in the USA. The results show the sediment load at the watershed outlet as well as the erosion levels, slopes and distances to the riverbeds of the locations selected to be reforested.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010
Pages	2174-2179
Number of pages	6
State	Published - 2010
Event	International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010 - Kowloon, Hong Kong Duration: 17 Mar 2010 → 19 Mar 2010

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010

Conference

Conference	International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010
Country/Territory	Hong Kong
City	Kowloon
Period	17/03/10 → 19/03/10

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

Budget
Exact methods
Integer programming
Reforestation
Site location

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Vanegas, P., Cattrysse, D., & Van Orshoven, J. (2010). Budget constraint in reforestation meant for minimizing sediment load at a watershed outlet. In Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010 (pp. 2174-2179). (Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010).

Vanegas, Pablo ; Cattrysse, Dirk ; Van Orshoven, Jos. / Budget constraint in reforestation meant for minimizing sediment load at a watershed outlet. Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010. 2010. pp. 2174-2179 (Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010).

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Vanegas, P, Cattrysse, D & Van Orshoven, J 2010, Budget constraint in reforestation meant for minimizing sediment load at a watershed outlet. in Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010. Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010, pp. 2174-2179, International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 17/03/10.

Budget constraint in reforestation meant for minimizing sediment load at a watershed outlet. / Vanegas, Pablo; Cattrysse, Dirk; Van Orshoven, Jos.
Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010. 2010. p. 2174-2179 (Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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