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General
HABITAT is spatial analysis tool to support the development of management plans. The tool is especially designed for ecological assessment to analyse the availability and quality of habitats for individual or groups of species, but it is also usefull 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 and Ministry of Transport, Public works and Water management. HABITATs current developer is Deltares
. HABITAT has been built around PCRaster
, a software package responsible for making the map-calculations and incorporated in the user interface of DelftShell
Sections
The Ecological and Damage toolbox include factsheets on effect relations for ecological impact and damage assessment. Recent version of HABITAT can be obtained at Downloads, as well as articles and project descriptions. Tutorials, demos and user manual can be found at the Manual section. For sharing your knowledge rules look at the HABITAT Community. If you have questions or problems see the Support section.
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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-drive of HABITAT under software
Brochures
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|^HABITAT-haasnoot.ppt] 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
Support
FAQ's on HABITAT
For other questions send a message to the helpdesk.