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Packaged software systems for managing environmental problems are widely available and have a range of capacities for investigating spatially and temporally complex environmental systems. There also exists many authoring software packages that simplify the construction of custom-built models. In developing software systems, either using existing packages or starting from scratch, it is possible that the management questions being asked are lost in the rush. In this paper we explore three examples of our experience in answering the questions of environmental managers, and commend an approach to environmental management software that starts with consideration of the management question and ends with the provision of a software tool.
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Argent, R.M., Grayson, R.B. (1997). Environmental software and management questions - Is the cart before the horse?. In: Denzer, R., Swayne, D.A., Schimak, G. (eds) Environmental Software Systems. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-5041-2869-8_25
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