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HABITAT is a spatial analysis tool to support the development of management plans.

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is especially designed for ecological assessment to analyse the availability and quality of habitats for individual or groups of species, but it is also

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useful for other spatial analysis where grid operations are needed like flood risk maps or damages to agriculture or urban areas in case of floods and droughts. HABITAT is developed by WL Delft Hydraulics

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, Ministry of Transport, Public works and Water management and Delft Cluster.

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Current developer of HABITAT is Deltares. HABITAT has been built around PCRaster, a software package responsible for making the map-calculations and incorporated in the user interface of

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DeltaShell.

How to use this site

First of all you are advised to download HABITAT free of charge by clicking here and following the instructions. This site provides supplementary information for the use of HABITAT consisting of the Ecological knowledge base which includes factsheets on effect relations for ecological impact and damage assessment.

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The information is divided into different ecological indicators including (groups of) species, ecotopes and habitat types. Besides that, there is a tutorial, user manual and a glossary available at the User Manual section. If you have any questions or suggestions please contact the HABITAT helpdesk.

 

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Software

To Download the software send an email to the helpdesk to achieve ftp information.
For Deltares colleagues: look the p-disk of HABITAT under software

Brochures

HABITAT A3formaat A4formaat

Articles

Haasnoot, M, J.S. Verkade, K.M de Bruijn (2009). HABITAT as spatial analysis tool for ecological impact and damage assessment. Download
Baptist et al. (2006) Flood detention, nature development and water quality along the lowland river Sava, Croatia. Download
Haasnoot et al. (2004) Impact of climate change and anticipating flood management strategy on floodplain ecosystems of the River Rhine, The Netherlands. Ecohydraulics conference Madrid. Download
Haasnoot, M. & D.T. van der Molen (2003). Impact of climate change on ecotopes of the rivers Rhine and Meuse. Lowland River Rehabilitation Conference, Wageningen , PAYS-BAS (29/09/2003) Archiv für Hydrobiologie. Supplementband. Large rivers (Arch. Hydrobiol., Suppl.bd., Large rivers) 2005, vol. 15, no 1-4 (1 p.1/4), pp. 53-61 Download
Duel et al. (1995) Habitat evaluation procedure as a tool for ecological rehabilitation of wetlands in the Netherlands Download

Project descriptions

Seizoensgebonden Peilen in het IJsselmeergebied Projectsheet Seizoensgebonden peilen IJsselmeergebied.doc
Ontwikkeling populatie Gewone Zeehond Projectsheet Gewone Zeehond.doc

Reports

Van de Lee, G., H.F.P. van den Boogaard, W.E. Penning (2001). Achtergronddocument voor aanvulling van het habitatinstrument: 1. Flexibilisering invoer; 2. Onzekerheidsanalyse; 3. Validatie. WL rapport Q3433 Download
Haasnoot et al (2005) Seizoensgebonden Peilen in het IJsselmeergbied Download

Presentations

HABITAT description Workshop TBES Markermeer
HABITAT als toetsingsinstrument, Presentatie voor Regionale directies, oktober 2006 HABITAT 061031.ppt
Impact of climate change and anticipating flood management strategy on floodplain ecosystems of the River Rhine, The Netherlands, Ecohydraulics conference Madrid, september 2004 habitat cfr ecohydraulics conference 2004.ppt
HABITAT, presentatie bij workshop ecohydrologische modellen, juni 2005, Download Meer informatie over project, Download rapport workshop ecohydrologische modellen
Flood detention and nature development in the lowland river Sava, Lonjsko Polje, Croatia. Intecol Conference, Utrecht, 2004. Download
Cursus Inleiding Habitatmodellen voor RWS, september 2004 Download

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FAQ's on HABITAT
For other questions send a message to the helpdesk.

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