Lastly, but certainly not least, let us examine the Land-Use Conflict Identification Strategy (LUCIS). Developed by students and professors at the University of Florida’s departments of landscape architecture and urban and regional planning, LUCIS is a goal-driven GIS model that produces a spatial representation of probable patterns of future land use. The method analyzes land-use suitability, stakeholder preferences, and conflicts between competing land interests in an effort to clearly identify issues and opportunities and chart a path to the best possible solution.

In the next few pages, the LUCIS model is explained by Margaret Carr and Paul Zwick, authors of Smart land-use analysis: the LUCIS model land use conflict identification strategy .