Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Decision Support systems for Sustainable Development

   1. Decision Support systems for Sustainable Development

      • Tung X. Bui

      Pages 1-10

3. Sustainable Development and Decision Making

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Sustainable Development and Decision Support Systems

      • Zbigniew Mikolajuk, Anthony Gar-On Yeh

      Pages 13-27

   3. Decision Making and Decision Support

      • Gregory E. Kersten

      Pages 29-51

   4. Decision Support with Geographic Information Systems

      • Anthony Gar-On Yeh

      Pages 53-70

4. Applications and Case Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. Decision Support for Sustainable Land Development

      • Anthony Gar-On Yeh, Xia Li

      Pages 73-98

   3. Water Resource Management

      • Eduardo D. Gamboa

      Pages 99-130

   4. Decision Support for Incentive Strategies

      • Benoit Gailly, Michel Installé

      Pages 131-144

   5. Efficient Strategies

      • Alexander V. Lotov, Lioubov V. Bourmistrova, Vladimir A. Bushenkov

      Pages 145-166

   6. Integrated Rural Energy Decision Support Systems

      • Shaligram Pokharel, Muthu Chandrashekar

      Pages 167-181

   7. Decision Support System for Sustainable Land Management

      • Mohammad Rais, Samuel Gameda, Eric T. Craswell, Adisak Sajjapongse, Hans-Dieter Bechstedt

      Pages 183-196

   8. Mapping Critical Factors for the Survival of Firms

      • Carlos A. Bana e Costa, Émerson C. Corrêa, Leonardo Ensslin, Jean-Claude Vansnick

      Pages 197-213

   9. Learning Negotiations with Web-Based Systems

      • T. R. Madanmohan, Gregory E. Kersten, Sunil J. Noronha, Margaret Kersten, David Cray

      Pages 215-238

   10. Natural Resource Conservation and Crop Management Expert Systems

       • Ahmed Rafea

       Pages 239-260

5. Research Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261

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   2. Rule Induction in Constructing Knowledge-Based Decision Support

      • Tu Bao Ho

      Pages 263-276

   3. Organizational Memory Information Systems

      • Helen G. Smith, Frada V. Burstein, Ramita Sharma, Dayo Sowunmi

      Pages 277-290

   4. Software Internationalization Architectures for Decision Support Systems

      • Patrick A. V. Hall

      Pages 291-304

In recent years, much work has been done in formulating and clarifying the concept of sustainable development and related theoretical and research issues. Now, the challenge has shifted to designing and stimulating processes of effective planning and decision-making, at all levels of human activity, in such a way as to achieve local and global sustainable development. Information technology can help a great deal in achieving sustainable development by providing well-designed and useful tools for decision makers. One such tool is the decision support system, or DSS.
This book explores the area of DSS in the context of sustainable development. As DSS is a very new technique, especially in the developing world, this book will serve as a reference text, primarily for managers, government officials, and information professionals in developing countries. It covers the concept of sustainable development, defines DSS and how it can be used in the planning and management of sustainable development, and examines the state of the art in DSS use. Other interested readers will include students, teachers, and analysts in information sciences; DSS designers, developers, and implementors; and international development agencies.

• Conservation
• Developing Countries
• East Asia
• Mapping
• Sustainable Development
• Water resource management
• databases
• development
• information system
• learning
• linear optimization
• negotiations
• organization

Gregory Kersten is Director of the Centre for Computer Assisted Management, School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Zbigniew Mikolajuk is a program specialist in information technology for Canada's International Development Research Centre. Anthony Gar-On Yeh is Assistant Director of the Centre for Urban Planning and Environmental Management, University of Hong Kong.

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