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In densely populated areas, space for development is confined, making spatial planning essential to reconcile the interests of all stakeholders. In the process of policymaking, possible future land-use scenarios are often very valuable as a reference point, but the optimal configuration in terms of costs and effects might provide even more valuable inputs when decisions have to be taken. Tools for exploring optimal land-use configurations are therefore of great interest to policymakers. With these tools, plans can be evaluated and adjusted. Spatial optimisation is a powerful method to explore the potentials of a given area to improve the spatial coherence of land-use functions. In the Netherlands, there are many different planning issues in which multi-objective spatial optimisation can play an important role. This chapter describes two case studies that apply the genetic algorithm approach.
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Loonen, W., Heuberger, P., Kuijpers-Linde, M. (2007). Spatial Optimisation in Land-Use Allocation Problems. In: Koomen, E., Stillwell, J., Bakema, A., Scholten, H.J. (eds) Modelling Land-Use Change. The GeoJournal Library, vol 90. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5648-2_9
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