R script for rule-based decision-making in nature recovery planning

Bentley, Luke, Bowe, colm, Amoakoh, Alex Owusu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8394-1241, Angers-Blondin, sandra, Bellis, joe, Bailey-Rothschild, Caroline and Moore, lucy (2026) R script for rule-based decision-making in nature recovery planning. [Data Collection]

Abstract

This deposit contains the R script associated with the manuscript “From priorities to action: a rule-based framework for nature recovery planning”. The script implements a spatial, rule-based decision workflow for nature recovery planning in the Liverpool City Region. It combines habitat-specific multiple-benefit raster layers with expert and environmental spatial layers to assign habitat creation or management intervention categories to raster cells. The rules consider priority species, species assemblages, peat and other soils, flood zones, expert habitat opportunities, habitat networks and multiple benefits. Their order determines which decision branch is evaluated first. Results are saved as cell-level CSV files and subsequently converted to intervention polygons in GeoPackage format.

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Creators:	Bentley, Luke, Bowe, colm, Amoakoh, Alex Owusu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8394-1241, Angers-Blondin, sandra, Bellis, joe, Bailey-Rothschild, Caroline and Moore, lucy
Uncontrolled Keywords:	3304 Urban and regional planning; 410206 Landscape ecology; 401301 Cartography and digital mapping
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.d.00000288
Division:	Biological & Environmental Sciences (new Sep 19)
Field of Research:	Built environment and design > Urban and regional planning Engineering > Geomatic engineering > Cartography and digital mapping Environmental sciences > Ecological applications > Landscape ecology
Date Deposited:	13 Nov 2026 13:35
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2026 13:35
URI:	https://opendata.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/288
Data collection method:	Development of an R-based decision-making script integrating spatial evidence and ordered rules to prioritise nature recovery interventions.
Resource language:	English
Metadata language:	English
Collection period:	From To 1 January 2025 31 December 2025