Finding feasible harvest zones in mountainous areas using integrated spatial multi-criteria decision analysis

Mapping Forest Landscape Multifunctionality Using Multicriteria Spatial Analysis

“…Multi-criteria spatial analysis in a GIS environment has proven to be very useful in the decision-making process for forest planning and management and conservation actions of forest resources (e.g., Ananda & Herath, 2009;Balana et al, 2010;Ezzati et al 2016;Fontana et al, 2013;van der Horst & Gimona, 2005;Kangas et al, 2000;Oliveira et al, 2014;Sacchelli et al 2013;Saito et al 2016;Valente &Vettorazzi, 2005;Vizzari, 2011).…”

Multi-attribute decision making and geographic information systems: potential tools for evaluating forest ecosystem services

“…These methods provide a means to measure quantifiable and/or intangible criteria data. Although the methodology of both techniques is similar, the main difference is that the ANP approach is a generalization of the AHP based on a network, not a hierarchy (Ezzati et al 2016). A few researchers have applied fuzzy methods in forest management planning, particularly the combination of fuzzy AHP integrated with GIS for localization of forest risk mapping (Eskandari 2017;Kant et al 2012).…”

An intelligent web-based spatial group decision support system to investigate the role of the opponents’ modeling in urban land use planning

“…As soon as they receive an 'on the table plan', the system evaluates the plan for each advocate planner based on the planner's suitability map. A suitability map is a raster model, which indicates the degree of suitability of every cell for each possible land use (residential, business, educational, medical, or green) according to a set of criteria (Ezzati et al, 2016). the present study assumes that a suitability map is prepared using four criteria, including incompatibility, dependency, compactness, and accessibility.…”