Title :
Ecosystem management: a decision support GIS approach
Author_Institution :
Southern Sci. Centre, Nat. Biological Service, Lafayette, LA, USA
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516943
