The use of remote sensing techniques and expert system in regional planning

Multistage remote sensing data analysis produces land attribute maps which are stored as layers in a geographic information system. In regional planning, the identification of potential regions could not be assessed by only using the land attribute maps. It is also important to include other constraints such as the natural resource accessibility, environment quality, labor population and mobility, economic growth, market accessibility, and the participation of government, private agencies and local people. This paper presents the use of expert systems in the assessment of the quality of environment, social and economic conditions. The types of constraint are further used with the land attributes to evaluate the types of region development