Abstract The field of “Sustainable Operations” and the term itself have arisen only in the last
ten to twenty years in the context of sustainable development. Even though the term is …

The dramatic depletion of natural resources in the last century now threatens our planet and
the livelihood of future generations. Our Common Future, a report by the World Commission …

A classic problem in planning is districting, which aims to partition a given area into a
specified number of subareas according to required criteria. Size, compactness, and …

Biodiversity conservation in landscapes undergoing climate and land‐use changes requires
designing multipurpose habitat networks that connect the movements of organisms at …

Several major environmental issues like biodiversity loss and climate change currently
concern the international community. These topics that are related to the development of …

The interdigitation of the Nearartic and Neotropical biogeographic zones in the
Transvolcanic Belt (TVB) of central Mexico provides the region with high faunal richness and …

Habitat fragmentation is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. To minimise the effect of
fragmentation on biodiversity, connectivity between otherwise isolated habitats should be …

In selecting sites for conservation purposes connectivity of habitat is important for allowing
species to move freely within a protected area. The aim of the Reserve Network Design …

Compactness and landscape connectivity are essential properties for effective functioning of
conservation reserves. In this article we introduce a linear integer programming model to …

ABSTRACT 1 The metapopulation metaphor is increasingly used to explain the spatial
dynamics of animal populations. However, metapopulation structure is difficult to identify in …