Multicriteria Analysis for Land-Use ManagementE. Beinat, Peter Nijkamp Springer Science & Business Media, 1998 - 372 pages The idea of this book started at approximately 33.000 feet, somewhere above the Alps. On our way to a workshop in Venice we had the opportunity of appreciating the different types of landscapes and the complex patchwork of urban areas, agriculture, forests, rivers and lakes that can be seen from an aircraft. The complexity of this puzzle, and the complex task of managing its evolution, became the topic of conversation for the rest of the flight. It also became the topic of this book. Land-use management and multicriteria analysis offer countless opportunities for mutual reinforcement. These two fields have developed largely independently, but a trend towards the exploration of their synergies is now emerging. This is clear from the recent literature on land-use management, spatial analysis and spatial planning, which increasingly includes references to multicriteria methodologies and decision analysis. At the same time, a growing share of multicriteria applications now focus on environmental and land-use issues. This book includes contributions from authors coming from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. All together they highlight current issues in multicriteria analysis and land-use management from theoretical, methodological and practical perspectives. |
Contents
Landuse management and the path towards sustainability | 1 |
Conflicts between conservation goals and land use for exotic forest plantations in South Africa | 17 |
Structuring the process of choosing rice varieties at the south of Brazil | 33 |
Rural landscape and economic results of the farm a multiobjective approach | 49 |
a case study of Lesvos | 61 |
integrated water management under drought conditions | 79 |
the case of the road network in Lombardy Italy | 95 |
A farm multicriteria analysis model for the economic and environmental evaluation of agricultural land use | 115 |
key ideas for an integrated approach based on MCA negotiation forums | 197 |
Multicriteria and multiobjective decision making for land allocation using GIS | 227 |
Map transformation and aggregation methods for spatial decision support | 253 |
analysis of natural areas and ecological distributions | 271 |
an application to Mexicos IztaPopo national park | 293 |
Agroecological zones and Resource Management Domains RMDs in relation to land use planning | 311 |
simulation presentation and scenario evaluation of future options | 335 |
Long term comprehensive evaluation strategies for spatial planning design and management | 353 |
an exploration of the perspectives of regional and local actors | 139 |
application to farm or rangeland management decisions | 163 |
Using decision panels to evaluate hydropower development projects | 179 |
List of authors | 369 |
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Common terms and phrases
aggregation agricultural allocation alternatives application approach areas Beinat Betuweroute catch crop conflicts conservation considered constraints costs criterion crop Decision Analysis decision maker decision problem decision support ecological economic effects environment Environmental Impact Environmental Impact Assessment example factors farm Figure Frisl fuzzy fuzzy set Gelderland Geographical Information Systems gross margin habitat hectare Herwijnen hierarchy hydropower identified Impact Assessment important included increase indicators integrated Keeney land resources land-use management land-use planning landscape Lesvos linear linear programming maize measures methodology MMGP multi-objective multicriteria Multicriteria Analysis Multicriteria evaluation multiple criteria municipalities nature types Nijkamp NUTS-II objectives panels pollution possible potential problem procedure production ranking reference regional Research risk road rural scale scenario scores sector socio-economic soil solution spatial specific stakeholders structure sustainability Table techniques threshold units urban value function weights WTPs
References to this book
The Environmental Assessment Methods Mark Deakin,Gordon Mitchell,Peter Nijkamp,Ron Vreeker No preview available - 2007 |