Land management with GIS and multicriteria analysis

Joerin, Florent; Musy, A.

doi:10.1111/j.1475-3995.2000.tb00185.x

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“…Integration of differing evaluation models with GIS (Malczewski, 1999) becomes decidedly important in the construction of a Spatial Decision Support System: a variety of territorial information (social, economic and environmental) may be easily combined and related to the characteristics of the different options of territorial use, facilitating the construction of appropriate indicators and improving impacts forecasting, leading up to a preference priority list of the various options. Integration among Multi-Criteria Analysis, Multi-Group Analysis and GIS may be exceptionally useful when there are strong conflicts, in which the role of local actors, their relations and objectives may be considered as a structuring element in the process of information construction in a spatial and dynamic evaluative model (Al-Shalabi et al, 2006;Joerin & Musy, 2000, Nekhay et al, 2009Şener et al, 2010;Thirumalaivasan et al, 2003;Vizzari, 2011). In the recent years, theoretical research and new technologies have improved the identification and implementation of integrated approaches for building planning strategies and actions.…”

Section: Multi-methodological Framework In Decision Support Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated Spatial Assessment (ISA): A Multi-Methodological Approach for Planning Choices

Cerreta¹,

Toro²

2012

Advances in Spatial Planning

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In decision-making processes for urban planning and design, evaluation can be considered a relevant tool to build choices, to recognize values, interests and needs, and to explore the different aspects that can influence decisions. Evaluation can be considered a process to integrate approaches, methods and models, able to support the different needs of the decision-making process itself. According to Trochim and Donnelly (2006), it is possible to define a planning-evaluation cycle with various phases requested by both planners and evaluators. The first phase of such a cycle, the so-called planning phase, is designed in order to elaborate a set of potential actions, programs, or technologies, and select the best ones for implementation. The main stages are related to (1) the formulation of the problem, issue, or concern; (2) the broad conceptualization of the main alternatives to be considered; (3) the detailing of these alternatives and their potential implications; (4) the evaluation of the alternatives and the selection of the preferable one; and (5) the implementation of the selected alternative. These stages are considered inherent to planning, but they need a relevant evaluation work, useful in conceptualization and detailing, and in assessing alternatives and making a choice of the preferable one. The evaluation phase also involves a sequence of stages that includes: (1) the formulation of the major goals and objectives; (2) the conceptualization and operationalization of the major components of the evaluation (program, participants, setting, criteria, measures, etc.); (3) the design of the evaluation, detailing how these components will be coordinated; the analysis of the information, both qualitative and quantitative; and (4) the utilization of the evaluation results. Indeed, evaluation is intrinsic to all types of decision-making and can take different meanings and roles within decision-making processes, especially if it is related to spatial planning (Alexander, 2006). ”Evaluation in planning” or ”evaluation within planning” seems to better interpret the concept of planning-evaluation proposed by Lichfield (1996) where the binomial name makes explicit the close interaction and reciprocal framing of evaluation and planning: evaluation is conceived as deeply embedded in planning, affecting planning, and evolving with it (Cerreta, 2010). Indeed, the evolution of evaluation methods reflects their evolving relationship with the planning process and the way in which they interact with the diversity and multiplicity of domains and values. To identify an analytic and evaluative structure able to integrate different purposes and multidimensional values within the decision-making processes means to develop evaluation frameworks not focusing only on the environmental, social and economic effects of different options, but also considering the nature of the stakes, selecting priorities and values in a multidimensional perspective. It is crucial to structure complex decision-making processes oriented to an integrated...

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Section: Multi-methodological Framework In Decision Support Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated Spatial Assessment (ISA): A Multi-Methodological Approach for Planning Choices

Cerreta¹,

Toro²

2012

Advances in Spatial Planning

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“…[40]. Integration of Multi-Criteria Analysis, Multi-Group Analysis and GIS can be remarkably useful when there are strong conflicts and when the role of local actors and their relations and goals can be considered in structuring elements in the process of information construction in a dynamic spatial evaluative model [41,42]. In recent years, theoretical research and new technologies have improved the identification and implementation of integrated approaches for defining planning strategies and actions.…”

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“…Spatial analysis combined with multi-criteria methods has been used in recent years to support evaluation, especially in the field of land-use planning. GIS was integrated with an outranking multi-criteria method called ELECTRE-TRI [41,51,68], or with multi-criteria analysis using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), involving not only technical aspects, but also physical, economical, social, environmental and political aspects [69,70]. GIS and Multi-Criteria Analysis also provided better insight into the consequences of possible alternatives supporting stakeholders' participation, using the software package DEFINITE [71].…”

Section: The Integrated Spatial Assessment (Isa) Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategic Environmental Assessment of Port Plans in Italy: Experiences, Approaches, Tools

Cerreta

Toro

2012

Sustainability

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Evaluation is increasingly important in decision-making processes for the sustainable planning and design of port plans. It acts as a support for plan preparation, for making values, interests and needs explicit, and for exploring the components of the decision-making process itself. Evaluation can be likened to an "implicit tool" that can integrate approaches, methodologies and models, adapting to the many needs revealed during the decision-making process. New sustainability challenges call for new approaches to creating frameworks for the analysis and evaluation of plans and projects that allow the integration of multidimensional goals and values. Utilizing some selected case studies of port plans in six Italian cities, this paper explores how environmental assessment can become a tool for dialog and interaction among different fields of expertise to support dynamic learning processes, knowledge management and the creation of shared choices, using suitable approaches and tools. In this view, Integrated Spatial Assessment (ISA) can be useful in supporting decision-making processes on different scales and institutional levels to stimulate dialog between technical and political evaluations, referring to complex values that are part of conflicting and changing realities in which it has become imperative to operate according to sustainability principles.

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“…According to Joerin and Musy [25] in order to achieve the new European approaches to land management, managers need efficient information processing tools and reliable decision support methods. In this context, an EMS should: a) take into account various levels of information; b) produce cohesive and structured data; and c) report consistent results in order to conduce and fundament future decisions.…”

Section: Environmental Monitoring Systems and Rural Landscapesmentioning

confidence: 99%

GIS based land use planning and watershed monitoring as tools for sustainable development

Alonso¹,

Rey²,

Castro³

et al. 2007

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, Vol 106

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The development of GIS based methodologies supports a program for monitoring the territorial dynamics that are occurring in the Estorãos rural watershed (NW Portugal). GIS integrates spatial databases from different research and development projects, with the purpose of understanding: (i) the relationships between land use processes and changes, and environmental management policies; (ii) the extent of environmental impacts due to forest fire as well as extending and intensifying agriculture; and (iii) the influences of natural conditions and human activities on water quality and ecosystem sustainability. The diversity of natural conditions and population dynamics, the (de)forestation, the expansion, density and typology of road networks, the processes of urbanization in the flood plain, and the rising turistic search from external actors, fundament the importance of a GIS based watershed monitoring program. These conditions and processes increase watershed management complexity, namely at a protected wetland in the bottom valley (regional protected landscape, site PTCON00020 of Natura Network 2000, and international RAMSAR site 1613) related to the structure of the landscape, and the quantity and quality of the water resources and the associated biodiversity. The challenges of sustainable land use and the growing quantity and quality of the available spatial databases, allow greater modelling capacity and data accessibility, facilitating public participation, and also aiding and better guiding political and technical actions.

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Land management with GIS and multicriteria analysis

Cited by 77 publications

References 10 publications

Integrated Spatial Assessment (ISA): A Multi-Methodological Approach for Planning Choices

Integrated Spatial Assessment (ISA): A Multi-Methodological Approach for Planning Choices

Strategic Environmental Assessment of Port Plans in Italy: Experiences, Approaches, Tools

GIS based land use planning and watershed monitoring as tools for sustainable development

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