arXiv:2604.03768cs.AIcs.LG2026-04

用强化学习优化马拉维湖流域土地利用,提升生态价值并兼顾空间合理性。

RL-Driven Sustainable Land-Use Allocation for the Lake Malawi Basin

  • 基于PPO算法,在500m网格上迭代调整九类土地覆盖,实现生态服务价值最大化。
  • 引入空间连通性奖励与缓冲区惩罚,使森林等生态用地更集中且靠近水源。
  • 可模拟不同政策影响,适合环境规划者做决策支持和情景分析。

生态敏感区的不可持续土地利用威胁生物多样性、水资源及数百万民众生计。本文提出一种深度强化学习(RL)框架,用于优化马拉维湖流域的土地利用分配,以最大化总生态系统服务价值(ESV)。基于Costanza等人的效益转移法,我们为九类土地覆盖(源自哨兵2号影像)分配了基于马拉维湿地估值的生物群落特异性ESV系数。RL环境构建于50×50个500米分辨率的网格上,采用带有动作掩码的近端策略优化(PPO)代理,迭代调整可变土地覆盖类别间的像素分布。奖励函数结合单元格生态价值与空间一致性目标:对生态连通区域(如森林、农田、建成区)给予邻接性奖励,并对靠近水体的高影响开发施加缓冲区惩罚。在三种情景下评估:(i) 仅最大化ESV,(ii) 加入空间奖励引导,(iii) 可再生农业政策情景。结果表明,该代理能有效提升总ESV;空间奖励引导成功引导出生态合理格局,包括同质土地利用聚集及靠近水体的轻微森林整合;且框架对政策参数变化响应显著,证明其作为环境规划情景分析工具的有效性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Unsustainable land-use practices in ecologically sensitive regions threaten biodiversity, water resources, and the livelihoods of millions. This paper presents a deep reinforcement learning (RL) framework for optimizing land-use allocation in the Lake Malawi Basin to maximize total ecosystem service value (ESV). Drawing on the benefit transfer methodology of Costanza et al., we assign biome-specific ESV coefficients -- locally anchored to a Malawi wetland valuation -- to nine land-cover classes derived from Sentinel-2 imagery. The RL environment models a 50x50 cell grid at 500m resolution, where a Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) agent with action masking iteratively transfers land-use pixels between modifiable classes. The reward function combines per-cell ecological value with spatial coherence objectives: contiguity bonuses for ecologically connected land-use patches (forest, cropland, built area etc.) and buffer zone penalties for high-impact development adjacent to water bodies. We evaluate the framework across three scenarios: (i) pure ESV maximization, (ii) ESV with spatial reward shaping, and (iii) a regenerative agriculture policy scenario. Results demonstrate that the agent effectively learns to increase total ESV; that spatial reward shaping successfully steers allocations toward ecologically sound patterns, including homogeneous land-use clustering and slight forest consolidation near water bodies; and that the framework responds meaningfully to policy parameter changes, establishing its utility as a scenario-analysis tool for environmental planning.

强化学习土地利用生态价值可持续发展

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