1. Presentation
2. Conceptual framework
3. Background
4. Objectives
5. Structure
6. Participants
7. Fields of application
8. Ecosystem Services
9. Team

Objectives

In brief, the main objectives of the SITxell project are:

General objectives:

• To provide accurate, reliable and useful knowledge about the ecological and socioeconomic values of natural areas to assist land use policies.
• To use a multidisciplinary analysis tool, based on a landscape ecology approach, to support spatial land planning and other specific land use decisions.
• To make decision-makers and land use planners at different political and territorial levels aware of the need for an integrated approach to land use planning and management.
• To develop a public and private consensus and partnership to publicize the importance of ecosystems and the goods and services they provide and the need to incorporate them into all land policies.

Specific objectives:

• To make use of a Geographical Information System (GIS) scheme, based on accurate multidisciplinary information and assessment, to support land planning processes at the Barcelona Provincial Council.
• To offer land-analysis information and technical support to the municipal councils of the Province of Barcelona, to be applied at the municipal planning level.
• To collaborate with the Government of Catalonia, to ensure that strategic regional planning is based on precise data on open areas and incorporates an ecological approach.
• To communicate the benefits of healthy ecosystem and functional landscapes, planned and managed from an integrated point of view, to the various (public and private) agents at the different levels (local, regional, State, European).