Incorporating the value of ecological networks into cost-benefit analysis to improve spatially explicit land-use planning

► Improve land-use planning by computing the value of the spatial relationships between land uses. ► We incorporated the spatial dimensions of ecological networks within CBA. ► We compute the value of ecological networks using the essential spatial characteristics. ► We show that this methodology can be generalised to other land uses. ► Optimal configuration of different land uses generates land-use plan with highest net benefit.