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Making Transparent Environmental Management Decisions

Applications of the Ecosystem Management Decision Support System

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Editors:
  1. Keith M. Reynolds

    1. USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, USA

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  2. Paul F. Hessburg

    1. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Wenatchee, USA

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  3. Patrick S. Bourgeron

    1. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, USA

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  • Readers can expect to gain valuable insights into how the system can be applied in their specific problem domains
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)

Part of the book sub series: Environmental Science (ENVSCIENCE)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. An Introduction to EMDS and its Major Components

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. An Overview of the Ecosystem Management Decision-Support System

      • Keith M. Reynolds, Paul F. Hessburg
      Pages 3-22

    3. NetWeaver

      • Michael C. Saunders, Bruce J. Miller
      Pages 23-33

    4. Criterium DecisionPlus

      • Philip J. Murphy
      Pages 35-60

  3. EMDS Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Use of EMDS in Conservation and Management Planning for Watersheds

      • Sean N. Gordon
      Pages 63-91

    3. The Integrated Restoration and Protection Strategy of USDA Forest Service Region 1: A Road Map to Improved Planning

      • Patrick Bourgeron, Hope Humphries, Chip Fisher, Barry Bollenbacher, Keith Reynolds
      Pages 93-110

    4. Evaluating Wildfire Hazard and Risk for Fire Management Applications

      • Robert E. Keane, James P. Menakis, Paul F. Hessburg, Keith M. Reynolds, James D. Dickinson
      Pages 111-133

    5. Landscape Evaluation and Restoration Planning

      • Paul F. Hessburg, R. Brion Salter, Keith M. Reynolds, James D. Dickinson, William L. Gaines, Richy J. Harrod
      Pages 135-174

    6. Ecological Research Reserve Planning

      • David M. Stoms
      Pages 175-203

    7. Forest Conservation Planning

      • Michael D. White, James R. Strittholt
      Pages 205-226

    8. Wildlife Habitat Management

      • Sean N. Gordon, Heather McPherson, Lowell Dickson, Joshua Halofsky, Chris Snyder, Angus W. Brodie
      Pages 227-251

    9. Planning for Urban Growth and Sustainable Industrial Development

      • Mª Carmen Ruiz Puente
      Pages 253-276

    10. Measuring Biological Sustainability via a Decision Support System: Experiences with Oregon Coast Coho Salmon

      • Thomas C. Wainwright, Peter W. Lawson, Gordon H. Reeves, Laurie A. Weitkamp, Heather A. Stout, Justin S. Mills
      Pages 277-298

  4. The Next Version and Final Thoughts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 299-299
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    2. EMDS 5.0 and Beyond

      • Steve Paplanus, Bruce Miller, Philip J Murphy, Keith Reynolds, Michael Saunders
      Pages 301-313

    3. Synthesis and New Directions

      • Keith M. Reynolds, Paul F. Hessburg, Patrick S. Bourgeron
      Pages 315-332

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 333-337
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About this book

Since 1997, the Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) system has been used around the world to support environmental analysis and planning in many different application areas, and it has been applied over a wide range of geographic scales, from forest stands to entire countries. An extensive sampling of this diversity of applications is presented in section 2, in which EMDS application developers describe the varied uses of the system. These accounts, together with the requisite background in section 1, provide valuable practical insights into how the system can be applied in the general domain of environmental management.



Editors and Affiliations

  • USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, USA

    Keith M. Reynolds

  • Pacific Northwest Research Station, Wenatchee, USA

    Paul F. Hessburg

  • Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, USA

    Patrick S. Bourgeron

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Making Transparent Environmental Management Decisions

  • Book Subtitle: Applications of the Ecosystem Management Decision Support System

  • Editors: Keith M. Reynolds, Paul F. Hessburg, Patrick S. Bourgeron

  • Series Title: Environmental Science and Engineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32000-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-31999-0Published: 26 March 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50226-6Published: 03 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-32000-2Published: 10 March 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1863-5520

  • Series E-ISSN: 1863-5539

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 337

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Environmental Management, Nature Conservation

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