The application of a Multicriteria Spatial Decision Support System (MCSDSS) for the assessment of biodiversity conservation in the Province of Varese (Italy)

Bottero, Marta; Comino, Elena; Duriavig, Marco; Ferretti, Valentina; Pomarico, Silvia

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.05.015

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“…An overview on the status of biodiversity profiles at local to regional scale suggests that it is at its highest state of vulnerability, due to increased exploitative anthropogenic activities and climate change induced losses. Thus, there is a need for biodiversity conservation in order to sustain the ecological integrity and enhance livelihood support system as identified in the millennium development goals [35]. Accordingly, the conservation of biological diversity has been known the second subcriterion in the sustainable development of forests.…”

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Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approaches for Forest Sustainability (Case Study: Iranian Caspian Forests)

Mohammadi¹,

Sm²

2018

Forest Res

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The aim of this research is to investigate the sustainability of economic, social and environmental aspects in Iranian Caspian forests. To do so, questionnaires were used for data collection. The questionnaires were distributed among the forestry experts in Guilan province, north of Iran. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Network Analysis (ANP) were used for prioritizing the indicators of sustainable forest management. Investigated criteria and indicators are derived from the Near Middle East Process. The Expert Choice and Super Decision software were used for data analysis. The results of this study showed that the wood products sub-criterion and conservation of biological diversity have been known the most important criteria in the sustainable forest management in the study area using of AHP and ANP. Furthermore, the priorities of the other indicators are different in AHP and ANP. This could be due to the reciprocity relations in the ANP and this method has more strengths than AHP.

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Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approaches for Forest Sustainability (Case Study: Iranian Caspian Forests)

Mohammadi¹,

Sm²

2018

Forest Res

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“…The evaluation method employed in this work for evaluating the feasibility of ecological restoration was the Weighted Linear Combination. The USLE model [21,55,56] and MCDA approach [49,[57][58][59][60][61][62] has been normally used separately for a variety of applications. In this work, they were used as complementary.…”

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Improving Identification of Areas for Ecological Restoration for Conservation by Integrating USLE and MCDA in a GIS-Environment: A Pilot Study in a Priority Region Northern Mexico

Aguirre-Salado

Miranda-Aragón

Pompa-García

et al. 2017

IJGI

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Nature conservation is critical for securing an adequate supplying of environmental services to humans. Paradoxically, financial resources for conservation are normally scarce and, forest ecosystem restoration activities are expensive. So, a careful and detailed planning is vital for optimizing economic funds when ecosystems restoration practices are implemented. In this work, we developed a methodology to find physically-degraded sites in order to determine both, urgency and feasibility to carry out ecological forest restoration activities in the Priority Region for Conservation Xilitla in the state of San Luis Potosí (Mexico). Both, Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) were integrated together by using climatic, soil, remotely-sensed, and proximity data at a 30 m spatial resolution. The results indicated that, more than 80% of the bare soil land in the protected area is under several conditions that lead to feasible ecosystem restoration. This methodology can be further applied to know about the spatial location of soil degraded sites when planning forest restoration practices in natural protected areas.

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“…In recent years, there have many examples of the use of the Spatial Decision Support System in combination with multi-criteria analysis, especially in the field of land-use planning, sustainability assessment, and environmental decision-making [16,[24][25][26][27][28]. The SMDSS refers to the application of multi-criteria analysis in a spatial context where alternatives, criteria, and other elements of the decision problem have a spatial dimension.…”

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“…The SMDSS refers to the application of multi-criteria analysis in a spatial context where alternatives, criteria, and other elements of the decision problem have a spatial dimension. The SMDSS is thus a procedure for identifying and comparing solutions to a spatial decision problem, based on the combination of multiple factors that can be at least partially represented by maps [27]. A spatial decision alternative consists of at least two elements that include an "action", indicating what to do, and a "location", representing the spatial context and where to implement the action.…”

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Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Support System and Strategic Environmental Assessment: A Case Study

Torrieri

Batà

2017

Buildings

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This contribution focuses on the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) as an important tool to ensure sustainable development and reach a high level of environmental protection. More specifically, this paper provides an evaluation method based on the integration of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Multi-criteria Analysis-named Integrated Spatial Multi-criteria Decision Support System (ISMDSS)-to support the preparation of environmental assessment reports and the construction of scenarios for the adoption of urban plans, as an innovative tool that integrates objectives and multidimensional (economic, environmental, and social) components, as well as different approaches and models for the construction of a long-term shared vision. In particular, considerations are made by presenting a thought-provoking case study on the SEA of the urban plan of the municipality of Marzano di Nola, located in the province of Avellino in the Campania region. The experiment carried out showed the potentiality of the ISMDSS to evaluate the impacts of different scenarios with the aim of developing a sustainable urban municipal plan. The spatial dimension is useful in understanding the dynamics that characterize each environmental topic in a specific area, by considering not only the components of the natural and developed environment, but also the interactions with social and economic components.

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The application of a Multicriteria Spatial Decision Support System (MCSDSS) for the assessment of biodiversity conservation in the Province of Varese (Italy)

Cited by 67 publications

References 44 publications

Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approaches for Forest Sustainability (Case Study: Iranian Caspian Forests)

Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approaches for Forest Sustainability (Case Study: Iranian Caspian Forests)

Improving Identification of Areas for Ecological Restoration for Conservation by Integrating USLE and MCDA in a GIS-Environment: A Pilot Study in a Priority Region Northern Mexico

Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Support System and Strategic Environmental Assessment: A Case Study

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