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Nicolas DENDONCKER
Dr. Nicolas Dendoncker
The main focus of my present research at the academy Louvain (University
of Namur) is related to the study of Ecosystem Services. We develop
participatory agent based models (ABM) of land use and
environmental change in the context of several Belgian and European
projects with case studies in Belgium, The Philippines, Congo and
Senegal. These models are combined with the development of scenarios
to explore the response of individuals and society to different drivers
of future environmental change. Participatory approaches are
implemented and stakeholders are involved from the beginning to the end
of the project. The impacts of these landscape changes on Ecosystem
Services are assessed and sustainable development pathways are
proposed. In several projects, ecosystem services are explicitly valued
and quantified.
My research at the Centre for the Study of Environmental Change and
Sustainability (CECS), University of Edinburgh, focused on modelling
land use change and its impacts on the environment (e.g. on soil organic
carbon sequestration, biodiversity and other ecosystem services) in the
context of a number of EU and national research projects (ALARM,
FRAGILE, MULTIMODE, SWECIA...). I have used a variety of
spatial-statistical techniques as well as rule-based environmental
models. I have also developed, in collaboration with other researchers,
a model to downscale land use data and scenarios. In general, I am
interested in uncertainty and scale issues, for example, uncertainties
in model outputs that arise from scaling or using poor quality datasets.
Teaching:
At Edinburgh University, I have developed, coordinated and tought
courses related to geoinformatics and environmental modelling, within
the MsC in GIS programme. Here at UCLouvain - Namur, I am in charge of
several courses related to cartography and GIS, landscape analysis and
planning, as well as epistemology and history of geography.
Téléphone: 081/724478
Fax: 081/724471
Mail:
Charges aux FUNDP
- Groupe de recherche AcanthuM (Traces matérielles, Création et Patrimoine) (Professeur)
- Département de géographie (Académique)
- Centre Namurois des Systèmes Complexes (Membre)
- Conseil de la faculté des sciences (Membre)
- Groupe développement durable (Co-coordinateur recherche)
Diplômes
- PhD en Sciences (Géographie), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL, Belgium). 08/2006.
- DEA en Sciences (Géographie), UCL, 09/2004.
- Licence en Sciences Géographiques, UCL, 09/2002.
- Diplôme de Guide Nature, cercle des naturalistes de Belgique, 2007
Domaines de compétences
- GIS
- Land Use Change
- Ecosystem Services
- Agro-environmental measures
- Participatory Approaches
- Agent-Based Modelling
- Scenario Modelling
Charges externes
- Participation to the development of the Schéma de Structure Communal, city of Namur
- Participation to a network for prospective analysis, Walloon Region
