Academic Applications

Abstract

Several examples of applications of the FGM/IDM technique are considered in this chapter. They show how the technique can be applied in various environmental decision problems and provide by this a new visualization-based methodology for the development of efficient environmental strategies. First we describe the search for efficient ocean waste disposal strategies based on the example of the New York Bight. In Section 2, the technique is applied in the process of searching for efficient strategies of regional agricultural development while environmental characteristics are taken into account. Section 3 is devoted to exploration of long-term development of a national economy. In this study, pollution and unemployment are considered in addition to economic growth. Section 4 describes an FGM-based software tool that supports searching for efficient regional strategies for trans-boundary air pollution abate-ment. Section 5 outlines the process of searching for efficient strategies aimed at the abatement of the global climate change on the basis of the FGM/IDM technique.