UID:
almahu_9948601032802882
Format:
XXI, 311 p.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 1993.
ISBN:
9783642778704
Content:
The connections between economics, planning, and the environment are receiv ing increased attention among scholars and policy makers in many countries. The common denominator among these three variables is the earth's life support sys tems, the ecosystems on which the world depends. When we describe our physi cal surroundings as a collection of possible uses, we are establishing linkages between economics, planning, and the environment. Because possible alternative uses compete with each other, and conflicts arise over scarce land resources, the varying environmental impacts of alternative uses are major concerns for the cur rent as well as the next generation. How to achieve sustainable development is the pressing question for today's environmental professionals. Environmental planners and engineers help us study the implications of our choices, and new technologies and techniques that improve the practice of environmental planning should enhance our ability to protect our future. The depletion of the earth's natural resources and loss of biodiversity, the deg radation of air, land, and water quality, the accumulation of greenhouse gases leading to changes in our climate, and the depletion of the ozone layer comprise only a partial list of environmental issues that concern our policy makers. To sup port their decisions, environmental planning must be a multidimensional and multidisciplinary activity that incorporates social, economic, political, geograph ical, and technical factors. Solutions for problems in these areas frequently re quire not only numerical analyses but also heuristic analyses, which in turn depend on the intuitive judgements of planners and engineers.
Note:
One Land Use and Resource Management Ravinder Jain Lyna L. Wiggins -- 1 Expertise and Expert Systems in Britishx Land Use Planning -- 2 Applying a Rule Based Decision Support System to Local Government Planning -- 3 Using Expert Systems to Check Compliance with Municipal Building Codes -- 4 Machine Learning, Expert Systems, and an Integer Programming Model: Application to Facility Management and Planning -- Two GIS and Spatial Modeling Jeff R. Wright -- 5 Observations on the Role of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Geographic Information Processing -- 6 Probabilistic Inferencing and Spatial Decision Support Systems -- 7 Database Integration for Knowledge-Based Groundwater Quality Assessment -- 8 Regulating the Municipal Environment Using an Expert Geographic Information System -- Three Environmental Planning and Management Jeff R. Wright -- 9 Use of Knowledge-Based Systems for the Review of Environmental Impact Assessments -- 10 An Expert System for the Management of the Water Quality in the Latrobe River -- 11 Multi-Domain Expert Systems for Hazardous Waste Site Investigations -- 12 NOISEXPT: An Expert System for Noise Control in Very Fast Train Design -- Four Knowledge Acquisition, Evaluation, and Validation T. John Kim -- 13 Knowledge Acquisition and Representation in Building an Expert System for Archaeological Research and Analysis: ESARA -- 14 Knowledge Acquisition from Multiple Experts: A Case of Transport Planning in Poland -- 15 Testing a Prototype Expert System for Diagnosing Wastewater Treatment Plant Operating Problems -- 16 Evaluating an Expert System in the Field: Experience with the CORA Expert System.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783642778728
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783540560630
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783642778711
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-77870-4
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77870-4
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