Multicriteria Analysis for Land-Use Management

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E. 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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