GIS for environmental decision-making

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Environmental applications have long been a core use of GIS. However, the effectiveness of GIS-based methods depends on the decision-making frameworks and contexts within which they are employed. GIS for Environmental Decision-Making takes an interdisciplinary look at the capacities of GIS to integrate, analyze, and display data on which decisions must be based. It provides a broad prospective on the current state of GIS for environmental decision-making and emphasizes the importance of matters related to data, analysis, and modeling tools, as well as stakeholder participation.

The book is divided into three sections, which effectively relate to three key aspects of the decision-making process as supported by GIS: data required, tools being developed, and aspects of participation. The first section stresses the ability to integrate data from different sources as a defining characteristic of GIS and illustrates the benefits that this can bring in the context of deriving land-use and other information. The second section discusses a range of issues concerning the use of GIS for suitability mapping and strategic planning exercises, through illustrative examples. The last section of the book focuses on the use of GIS-based techniques to facilitate public participation in decision-making processes. In particular, it provides an overview of developments in this area, concentrating on how GIS, modeling, and 3D landscape visualization techniques are gradually achieving closer integration.

Given the complex challenges presented by global environmental change, GIS for Environmental Decision-Making provides a clear illustration of how the use of GIS can make significant contributions to trans-disciplinary initiatives to address environmental problems.

Preface	p. xi
List of Contributors	p. xiii
1 Developments in GIS for Environmental Decision-MakingA. Lovett and K. Appleton
1.1 Introduction	p. 1
1.2 The role of GIS	p. 1
1.3 Tilt structure of the book	p. 2
1.4 Where next?	p. 5
1.5 References	p. 6
Part I Data for Decision-Making	p. 9
2 An Optimized Semi-Automated Methodology for Populating a National Land-Use DatasetW. Tompkinson and D. Morton and S. Gomm and E. Seaman
2.1 Introduction	p. 11
2.2 Data	p. 11
2.3 Previous approaches to land-use classification	p. 12
2.4 Ordnance Survey classification methodology	p. 16
2.5 Accuracy assessment of SADDA and OSLUM	p. 18
2.6 Conclusions	p. 25
2.7 Acknowledgments	p. 26
2.8 References	p. 26
3 A New Framework for Feature-Based Digital Mapping in Three-Dimensional SpaceA. Slingsby and P. Longley and C. Parker
3.1 Introduction	p. 29
3.2 Case studies of existing frameworks	p. 30
3.3 Design issues	p. 39
3.4 Proposed model	p. 47
3.5 Implementation	p. 53
3.6 Interim evaluation	p. 54
3.7 Conclusion	p. 55
3.8 Acknowledgments	p. 56
3.9 References	p. 56
4 From Electronic Logbooks to Sustainable Marine Environments: A GIS to Support the Common Fisheries PolicyJ. Whalley and Z. Kemp
4.1 Introduction	p. 59
4.2 System design	p. 64
4.3 Spatial decision support	p. 66
4.4 Conclusions	p. 72
4.5 Acknowledgments	p. 73
4.6 References	p. 73
Part II Tools to Support Decision-Making 77
5 GIS and Environmental Decision-Making: From Sites to Strategies and Back AgainR. MacFarlane and H. Dunsford
5.1 Introduction	p. 79
5.2 Background: key themes	p. 80
5.3 Case studies	p. 83
5.4 Discussion	p. 91
5.5 Conclusion: from local to strategic and back again	p. 96
5.6 References	p. 97
6 Creating a Digital Representation of the Water Table in a Sandstone AquiferP. Posen and A. Lovett and K. Hiscock and B. Reid and S. Evers and R. Ward
6.1 Introduction	p. 101
6.2 Background	p. 102
6.3 Methods	p. 103
6.4 Results	p. 107
6.5 Discussion of results	p. 109
6.6 Conclusions	p. 113
6.7 Acknowledgments	p. 114
6.8 References	p. 114
7 GIS and Predictive Modelling: A Comparison of Methods for Forest Management and Decision-MakingA. Felicisimo and A. Gomez-Munoz
7.1 Introduction	p. 117
7.2 Objectives	p. 118
7.3 Study area	p. 118
7.4 Data	p. 120
7.5 Methods	p. 121
7.6 Results	p. 124
7.7 Concluding discussion	p. 127
7.8 Acknowledgments	p. 128
7.9 References	p. 128
8 A Comparison of Two Techniques for Local Land-Use Change Simulation in the Swiss Mountain AreaA. Walz and P. Bebi and R. Purves
8.1 Introduction	p. 131
8.2 Study area and data	p. 133
8.3 Methodology	p. 135
8.4 Results	p. 141
8.5 Discussion	p. 143
8.6 Conclusions	p. 146
8.7 Acknowledgments	p. 147
8.8 References	p. 147
9 'Riding an Elephant to Catch a Grasshopper': Applying and Evaluating Techniques for Stakeholder Participation in Land-Use Planning within the Kae Watershed, Northern ThailandF. Shutidamrong and A. Lovett
9.1 Introduction	p. 149
9.2 The case study	p. 150
9.3 Research methodology	p. 151
9.4 Comparing and refining land-use scenarios	p. 156
9.5 Conclusions	p. 161
9.6 Acknowledgments	p. 162
9.7 References	p. 162
10 Grid-Enabled GIS: Opportunities and ChallengesC. Jarvis
10.1 Introduction	p. 165
10.2 Progress and challenges	p. 170
10.3 Conclusions	p. 175
10.4 References	p. 176
Part III Participation in Decision-Making	p. 179
11 Developments in Public Participation and Collaborative Environmental Decision-MakingI. Bishop
11.1 Introduction	p. 181
11.2 Separate development: GIS and visualization	p. 183
11.3 Converging technologies: GIS-driven visualization	p. 184
11.4 Integrated technologies: collaborative worlds	p. 186
11.5 Conclusions	p. 189
11.6 Acknowledgments	p. 189
11.7 References	p. 189
12 Using Virtual Reality to Simulate Coastal Erosion: A Participative Decision Tool?I. Brown and S. Jude and S. Koukoulas and R. Nicholls and M. Dickson and M. Walkden
12.1 Introduction	p. 193
12.2 Simulation and visualization concepts	p. 194
12.3 Simulation modelling of coastal erosion	p. 196
12.4 Interface with GIS	p. 197
12.5 VR visualization	p. 202
12.6 Discussion	p. 204
12.7 Conclusions	p. 207
12.8 Acknowledgments	p. 207
12.9 References	p. 208
13 Multiple Windows on Accessibility: An Evaluation of Campus Buildings by Mobility-Impaired and Able-Bodied Participants Using PPGISC. Castle and C. Jarvis
13.1 Introduction	p. 211
13.2 Methodology	p. 214
13.3 Results	p. 217
13.4 Discussion	p. 221
13.5 Conclusions	p. 224
13.6 References	p. 224
14 Visualization Techniques to Support Planning of Renewable Energy DevelopmentsD. Miller and J. Morrice and A. Coleby and P. Messager
14.1 Introduction	p. 227
14.2 Methods	p. 228
14.3 Results	p. 231
14.4 Discussion	p. 235
14.5 Conclusions	p. 237
14.6 Acknowledgments	p. 237
14.7 References	p. 238
15 The Social Implications of Developing a Web-GIS: Observations from Studies in Rural Bavaria, GermanyS. Herrmann and S. Neumeier
15.1 Introduction	p. 241
15.2 Development of the 'Web-GIS Tourismus TUM'	p. 242
15.3 Methods and theoretical framework	p. 245
15.4 Observations and interpretation	p. 246
15.5 Conclusions	p. 251
15.6 Acknowledgments	p. 252
15.7 References	p. 252
Subject Index	p. 255

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