Decision Support Model and Visualization for Assessing Environmental Phenomena, Ecosystem Services, Policy Consequences, and Satellite Design Using Earth Observation Data

Environment Vulnerability Decision Technology (EVDT) Mangrove Management

“…The case study of mangrove and community health in Rio de Janeiro demonstrates all four model components [2]. Mangroves are ecologically and economically important in enriching coastal biodiversity, supporting fisheries, yielding commercial forest products, and protecting coastlines from the fierce effects of cyclones, floods, waves, and other natural calamities.…”

“…The four models address the following: Earth Science Models of the Environment; Human Vulnerability and Societal Impact; Human Behavior and Decision-Making; and Technology Design for Earth Observation Systems including satellites, airborne platforms and in-situ sensors. The capabilities provided by this framework will improve the management of earth observation and socioeconomic data in a format usable by non-experts while harnessing cloud computing, machine learning, economic analysis, complex systems modeling, and model-based systems engineering [2].…”

“…The Environment Model on a study of mangrove and community health in Rio de Janeiro was built upon work by biospheric scientists Fatoyinbo and Lagomasino. They used earth observation data, cloud computing, and machine learning to track mangrove extent, health, and vulnerability overtime for a 600 km 2 area, as well as work by the ESPAÇO research group at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro on the local mangrove ecosystem [2].…”

Systems engineering applied to urban planning and development: A review and research agenda

“…SAF and EVDT have seen recent applications in the design of an invasive aquatic plant management system, 5 a COVID‐19 DSS, 154 and a mangrove conservation policy DSS 155 . A future publication will lay out the steps of EVDT in more detail, along with guides for its application.…”

An Experimental Evaluation of a Satellite Data Decision Support System for Flood Mitigation Efforts in Indonesia

“…Satellite data has key benefits for decision makers including broad spatial coverage, a consistent temporal record, and free availability -all of which have the potential to improve understanding of environmental and socioeconomic trends and address data scarcity issues. DSS incorporating satellite data have been employed in situations related to Pekalongan, including understanding mangrove loss and degradation (Goldberg et al, 2018), mangrove health, ecosystem services, and related policy (Reid & Wood, 2020), and ecological, socioeconomic, and governance factors for marine management areas (Gopal et al, 2015). However, despite the availability and capability of satellite data for flood management decision-making, failures of DSS developers to properly consider end-users' needs and objectives (Díez & McIntosh, 2009;Edwards et al, 2010;McIntosh et al, 2008) are connected to DSS disuse by end-users.…”