Ecosystem management: a decision support GIS approach

Author

Ji, Wayne

Author_Institution

Southern Sci. Centre, Nat. Biological Service, Lafayette, LA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

2225

Abstract

This paper describes a new approach using decision support GIS for handling information in ecosystem management. Technical research efforts resulted in specialized spatial decision support systems for wetland restoration planning, wetland permit analysis, and wildlife research and management. These applications are briefly presented to illustrate the usage of the methodology. With its powerful capabilities in information synthesis, analytical visualization, and spatial simulation and modeling, the decision support GIS provided cost-effective technical tools and a conceptual framework for integrating natural resource management with an ecosystem approach

Keywords

biology computing; decision support systems; ecology; environmental science computing; geographic information systems; geophysics computing; GIS; decision support system; ecology; ecosystem management; environmental science computing; geophysics computing; geoscience; natural resource management; permit analysis; spatial decision support system; wetland restoration planning; wildlife research; Decision support systems; Ecosystems; Geographic Information Systems; Information analysis; Information management; Power system management; Power system planning; Power system restoration; Visualization; Wildlife;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International

Conference_Location

Lincoln, NE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3068-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516943

Filename

516943