How was WISE developed?[#Develop] How WISE works[#works] Release of WISE Version 1.4.0[#version 1.2.0] The *Waikato Integrated Scenario Explorer (WISE)* is a dynamic, spatially-explicit computer simulation model that integrates...
During WISE development a list of suggested improvements and enhancements were complied based on conversations among project members and potential users. These can be generally grouped into: GUI...
A number of case studies have been undertaken in *WISE* to support policy and planning. The following are examples of using *WISE *to explore plausible future outcomes...
This example applies WISE to explore urban sprawl scenarios for the Future Proof project centred on Hamilton and surrounding districts. Predicted population growth and planned infrastructure (e.g. Waikato...
This case study depicts three alternative scenarios for future land use change in the Waikato region (to 2050): Dairy expansion: 4 per cent per annum increase...
The terrestrial biodiversity model in WISE assesses representativeness of native ecosystems. It uses information on land environments (a surrogate for ecosystems), legally protected areas and native land cover...
The Waikato Regional Council is developing a regional carbon strategy[http://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/carbonstrategy] that could improve the economic returns from marginal land by planting trees to benefit from the NZ Emission Trading System (ETS)...
The available resources from Creating Futures and for WISE are provided under three sections: User Training Publications[sitetree_link id=70] Presentations[sitetree_link id=71] A list of reports, publications and some...
Available Publications are presented for the three tools, plus some general project resources: WISE[#WISE] Scenarios[#Scenario] Deliberation Matrix[#Deliberation] Creating Futures Project[#Creating] WISE Publications WISE Training Manual - Workshop 1...
Available Presentations for Creating Futures project and the three tools developed: WISE[#WISE] Waikato Scenarios[#Scenarios] Deliberation Matrix[#Deliberation] Creating Future Project[#CF PPTs] WISE User Group[#WISE] WISE Presentations Overview of WISE -...