Planning Support Systems Best Practice and New Methods

✍ Scribed by Stan Geertman, John Stillwell (auth.), Dr. Stan Geertman, Professor John Stillwell (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 465
• Series: The GeoJournal Library 95
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is about a particular set of geo-information technologies known as Planning Support Systems (PSS). It focuses on the adoption and application of PSS in practice. It aims to illustrate best practice and to demonstrate new methods that are being developed for creating the next generation of PSS for use in various public or private sector planning contexts. The book serves as a medium for the exchange of knowledge, insights and experiences, thereby preventing those working in this field from having to ‘reinvent the wheel’. It also serves to communicate details about PSS methodology and management to those less informed about contemporary developments. The book stimulates new and exciting applications of PSS in diverse planning situations. It provides planning practitioners, system developers and researchers with helpful insights into what planning support systems are, how they can be constructed and implemented, and in which situations they can provide valuable support for decision making.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Planning Support Systems: Content, Issues and Trends....Pages 1-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
A Use-Driven Approach to Large-Scale Urban Modelling and Planning Support....Pages 29-51
Future Land-use in The Netherlands: Evaluation of the National Spatial Strategy....Pages 53-67
A Planning Support System Toolkit Approach for Formulating and Evaluating Land-use Change Scenarios....Pages 69-90
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
A Motor Vehicle Safety Planning Support System: The Houston Experience....Pages 93-111
Elbe DSS : A Planning Support System for Strategic River Basin Planning....Pages 113-136
The Emission Inventory Water : A Planning Support System for Reducing Pollution Emissions in the Surface Waters of Flanders....Pages 137-157
An Integrated Discussion Support System for New Dutch Flood Risk Management Strategies....Pages 159-174
A Spatial Planning Support System for Managing Bangalore's Urban Sprawl....Pages 175-190
GRAS : A Spatial Decision Support System for Green Space Planning....Pages 191-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Agent-Based Modelling: A Dynamic Scenario Planning Approach to Tourism PSS....Pages 211-226
Google Maps Mashups for Local Public Health Service Planning....Pages 227-242
ArcGIS Processing Models for Regional Environmental Planning in Bavaria....Pages 243-264
Geo-Information Technologies in Support of Environmental and Landscape Planning....Pages 265-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Enhancing Comprehensive Planning with Public Engagement and Planning Support Integration....Pages 295-315
Integrating Analytical and Participatory Techniques for Planning the Sustainable Use of Land Resources and Landscapes....Pages 317-345
New Ways of Supporting Decision Making: Linking Qualitative Storylines with Quantitative Modelling....Pages 347-367
Land Management with the SMURF Planning Support System....Pages 369-388
SoftGIS as a Bridge-Builder in Collaborative Urban Planning....Pages 389-411
The Mainport Planning Suite : Planning Support Software for Studio-Based Planning....Pages 413-429
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Developing Computer-Based Participatory Approaches to Mapping Landscape Values for Landscape and Resource Management....Pages 431-448
Back Matter....Pages 449-490

✦ Subjects

Human Geography; Computer Applications in Earth Sciences; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning