CiNii Books - Handbook of sustainable development planning : studies in modelling and decision support

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.

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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 Aybuke 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

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