Erich Purpur
Erich Purpur is a research librarian at the University of Virginia, located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
Sessions
09-29
16:30
30min
EcoValuator: Basic Ecosystem Service Valuation for Custom Landscapes
Erich Purpur
The EcoValuator plugin provides a simple means of estimating the dollar value of recreation, water supply, food, and other key ecosystem services for a given study area. Once installed in QGIS, the tool combines satellite land use/land cover data with your own spatial data describing watersheds, conservation areas, or other areas of interest. The EcoValuator then does the work of estimating land area in each land cover type present in your region using the Benefits Transfer Method (BTM) to generate dollar value estimates of the value of the ecosystem services supported by the land use/land cover present in your region.
Use Cases and Applications
Aconcagua