Decision Support Models for Regional Sustainable Development
Application of Geographic Information Systems and Evaluation Models to the Greek Sporades Islands
Published on 5. August 1993
Book
Hardback
314 pages
978-1-85628-496-7 (ISBN)
Description
Sustainable development has become a scientific and policy paradigm in recent years. Despite the great body of literature on this issue, there remains a lack of operational studies or applied work in this field. This text aims to provide a broad reflection on the notion of sustainability, as well as a broadly applicable framework for sustainable policies by focusing in particular on a meso - regional-level of analysis and planning. In this way concrete policy choices may be depicted and made more transparent. The use of scenario experiments and simulation models leads to a policy analysis at a proper geographical and administrative scale. The case study addressed in this book concerns the Greek Sporades Islands, where sharp conflict have arisen between the interests of fishery, nature, tourism, land development and local retailing. By using geographic information system models and regional impact methods, such conflicts can be analyzed, and compromising policy strategies can be identified systematically.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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references
Dimensions
Height: 1 mm
Width: 1 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85628-496-7 (9781856284967)
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Content
Sustainable development planning - economic-ecological approaches to environmental problems, ecological sustainability and economic development, compatibility of economy and ecology, sustainability as a planning task, sustainability and regional planning, organization of the book. Part 1 The Sporades Islands - a case for sustainable development: environmental problems in the Mediterranean - resources, people, activities, common problems, opportunities; the Sporades Islands - description of study area; the Island of Alonnisos - a qualitative sketch of socio-economic conditions, some data on the economy of Alonnisos, a qualitative sketch of environmental conditions, an attractiveness profile of Alonnisos; the need for a strategic environmental information system and decision support model for sustainable development of the Sporades Islands - the Sporades Islands as a test case, scope of the study, analysis of sustainability on the Sporades Islands. Part 2 Analysis and modelling: research methodology - a system's approach to sustainability planning, towards an operational methodology for sustainable plan evaluation, geographic information systems - an introduction, policy analysis; data base of the Sporades study - creation of non-spatial data bases, creating of spatial data bases, data processing, summary; an integrated systems model for the Sporades - introduction to the model structure, scenario analysis; the ecological module in the Sporades systems model - terrestrial model, runs of the terrestrial model, water quality model, the marine model, runs of the marine model, concluding remarks. Part 3 Spatial applications and policy analysis: a geographic information systems model for the Sporades - modelling sustainable development by means of GIS, an operational GIS-SD dynamic modelling framework, numerical application to the Sporades Islands; a decision support system for sustainable development planning - base development options - an introduction to evaluation, a decision support system for sustainability planning, a multi-criteria evaluation of development alternatives, spatial evaluation; tourist impact analysis and scenarios for Alonnisos - tourist impact analysis, sectoral development on Alonnisos, environment and tourism on Alonnisos, social impacts of tourism on Alonnisos, an input-output and multiplier analysis for Alonnisos, tourist multipliers, sustainability constraints to tourism, strategic development scenarios for Alonnisos by means of linear programming, conclusions; prospect and retrospect - regional sustainable development planning, balanced development strategies, general lessons for a sustainable development of island economies, information needs for sustainable development of island economies.