Land-Use Change Simulator

Landowners autonomously convert parcels based on market incentives. Set policies and market conditions to shape how the landscape evolves. You can also directly override cells.

Land Type Tool
🌲Forest
🌾Farm
🏒Urban
πŸ›‘οΈProtect

Policy Instruments
Carbon Tax
Tax rate$25/ton
Conservation Subsidy
Payment$15/cell
Zoning (Min Forest %)
Min forest30%
Development Tax
Tax$50/conv

Market Parameters
Food Price$40
Carbon Credit Price$10
Urban Dev Value$100
Pop Growth Rate2%

Time Controls
0.8s

Presets
Each cell has type-specific suitability rasters (soil quality, slope, climate). Landowners convert parcels based on profitability, with strong same-type clustering. Toggle overlays on the right to see why patterns emerge. Diminishing returns prevent any one type from dominating.
Land Grid Period 0
Forest Agriculture Urban Conservation
Suitability Overlay Opacity: 100%
Dashboard
Period
0
Treasury
$0
Population
100
Food Price
$40
Changes
0
Revenue$0
Carbon Stock0t
Biodiversity0
Food Security0%
0
Social Welfare (equal-weighted composite)
Revenue: 0 | Carbon: 0 | Biodiversity: 0 | Food: 0