Handbook of Sustainable Development Planning
Studies in Modelling and Decision Support
Published on 20. December 2004
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-1-84064-879-9 (ISBN)
Description
This authoritative Handbook comprehensively examines the current status and future directions of model-based systems in decision support and their application to sustainable development planning. It begins with a comprehensive review of model-based applications in sustainable development planning, paying particular attention to environmental disaster, ecosystem management, energy, infrastructure development, and agricultural systems, amongst other contemporary issues. Conceptual and policy oriented papers then debate the future directions of model-based sustainable development planning.Taking account of the fact that sustainable development planning is multidimensional by nature, the contributors concede that a single exemplary model does not exist. The aims of the stakeholders, along with preferences and priorities surrounding the planned objectives determine the ways and means of sustainable development planning. A number of tools - from simple intuition based approaches to sophisticated mathematical modelling - are therefore utilized within the Handbook. An important feature of the work is the emphasis on Decision Support Systems (DSS) and Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) approaches - it is argued that these are natural and appropriate for sustainable development planning.
Given the rise in prominence of sustainable development planning in recent years, this Handbook will be invaluable to a wide-ranging audience including NGOs, planners, consultants, policymakers, and academics.
Given the rise in prominence of sustainable development planning in recent years, this Handbook will be invaluable to a wide-ranging audience including NGOs, planners, consultants, policymakers, and academics.
Reviews / Votes
'The Handbook of Sustainable Development Planning is perfect for readers in different professions who deal with planning and development management. It contains interesting theoretical considerations, provokes discussion, and provides new perspectives for the analysis of sustainable development processes. The cases presented illustrate the complexity of the issues relating to sustainable development and show how modeling can support policy and decision making processes.' -- Miroslaw Grochowski, Geographia PolonicaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84064-879-9 (9781840648799)
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Studies in Modelling and Decision Support: Second Edition
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Persons
Edited by M.A. Quaddus, Professor, Curtin Graduate School of Business, Curtin University of Technology, Australia and M.A.B. Siddique, Associate Professor in Economics, Business School, University of Western Australia
Content
Contents:
Preface
Part I: Modelling for Sustainable Development
1. Modelling and Decision Support in Sustainable Development Planning: A Review and Analysis
M.A. Quaddus and M.A.B. Siddique
2. Hierarchical, Dynamic Modelling and Sustainable Development
Ian Moffatt
3. Modelling Long-Term Sustainability
Kaoru Yamaguchi
4. Sustainability: Can it be Achieved? Is Economics the Bottom Line?
Clem Tisdell
Part II: Case Studies
5. Decision Support for Environmental Disaster Planning
Aybueke Aurum, Meliha Handzic and Christine Van Toorn
6. Using Data Envelopment Analysis for Ecoefficiency Evaluation
Joseph Sarkis and Srinivas Talluri
Mining
7. Hierarchical Framework for Evaluating Mine Projects for Sustainability: A Case Study from India
M.A. Quaddus and Kampan Mukherjee
Energy Management
8. Resources, Pollution and Sustainable Energy Policies: The Case of Pakistan
Hassan Qudrat-Ullah
Land and Water Management
9. On the Edge of Policy Failure: An Evaluation of New York City's Watershed Protection Plan from a System Dynamics Perspective
April M. Roggio (with the assistance of Radhika Nath, Patricia Quinn and Elise Axelrad Weaver)
10. Modelling Sustainable Water Prices
Pawel Bartoszczuk and Yoshiteru Nakamori
Agriculture
11. Assessing the Sustainability of Mediterranean Intensive Agricultural Systems through the Combined Use of Dynamic System Models, Environmental Modelling and Geographical Information Systems
Julia Martinez Fernandez and Miguel Angel Esteve Selma
Aquaculture
12. Aquaculture, Environmental Spillovers and Sustainable Development: Links and Policy Choices
Clem Tisdell
Infrastructure
13. Decision Support Systems for Ecosystems Management: A Singerian Approach to Urban Infrastructure Decision-Making
James F. Courtney, Sandra Richardson and David Paradice
14. Infrastructure Development as a Policy Lever for Sustainable Development
Khalid Saeed and Honggang Xu
Part III: Future Directions
15. Future Directions on Sustainable Development Planning Using DSS Tools
M.A.B. Siddique and M.A. Quaddus
Index
Preface
Part I: Modelling for Sustainable Development
1. Modelling and Decision Support in Sustainable Development Planning: A Review and Analysis
M.A. Quaddus and M.A.B. Siddique
2. Hierarchical, Dynamic Modelling and Sustainable Development
Ian Moffatt
3. Modelling Long-Term Sustainability
Kaoru Yamaguchi
4. Sustainability: Can it be Achieved? Is Economics the Bottom Line?
Clem Tisdell
Part II: Case Studies
5. Decision Support for Environmental Disaster Planning
Aybueke Aurum, Meliha Handzic and Christine Van Toorn
6. Using Data Envelopment Analysis for Ecoefficiency Evaluation
Joseph Sarkis and Srinivas Talluri
Mining
7. Hierarchical Framework for Evaluating Mine Projects for Sustainability: A Case Study from India
M.A. Quaddus and Kampan Mukherjee
Energy Management
8. Resources, Pollution and Sustainable Energy Policies: The Case of Pakistan
Hassan Qudrat-Ullah
Land and Water Management
9. On the Edge of Policy Failure: An Evaluation of New York City's Watershed Protection Plan from a System Dynamics Perspective
April M. Roggio (with the assistance of Radhika Nath, Patricia Quinn and Elise Axelrad Weaver)
10. Modelling Sustainable Water Prices
Pawel Bartoszczuk and Yoshiteru Nakamori
Agriculture
11. Assessing the Sustainability of Mediterranean Intensive Agricultural Systems through the Combined Use of Dynamic System Models, Environmental Modelling and Geographical Information Systems
Julia Martinez Fernandez and Miguel Angel Esteve Selma
Aquaculture
12. Aquaculture, Environmental Spillovers and Sustainable Development: Links and Policy Choices
Clem Tisdell
Infrastructure
13. Decision Support Systems for Ecosystems Management: A Singerian Approach to Urban Infrastructure Decision-Making
James F. Courtney, Sandra Richardson and David Paradice
14. Infrastructure Development as a Policy Lever for Sustainable Development
Khalid Saeed and Honggang Xu
Part III: Future Directions
15. Future Directions on Sustainable Development Planning Using DSS Tools
M.A.B. Siddique and M.A. Quaddus
Index