Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Leeds, UK
- Presents an integrated planning and decision support system for land consolidation called LACONISS
- Offers an extensive review of three interrelated issues: land fragmentation, land consolidation, and land reallocation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
Keywords
- Expert Systems (ES)
- Genetic Algorithms (GAs)
- Geographic Information System (GIS)
- Land Consolidation
- Land Fragmentation
- Land Reallocation
- Multi-criteria Decision Methods (MCDM)
- Planning Support System (PSS)
- Shape Analysis
- Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS)
- landscape/regional and urban planning
- algorithm analysis and problem complexity
About this book
This book provides an extensive review of three interrelated issues: land fragmentation, land consolidation, and land reallocation, and it presents in detail the theoretical background, design, development and application of a prototype integrated planning and decision support system for land consolidation. The system integrates geographic information systems (GIS) and artificial intelligence techniques including expert systems (ES) and genetic algorithms (GAs) with multi-criteria decision methods (MCDM), both multi-attribute (MADM) and multi-objective (MODM). The system is based on four modules for measuring land fragmentation; automatically generating alternative land redistribution plans; evaluating those plans; and automatically designing the land partitioning plan. The presented research provides a new scientific framework for land-consolidation planning both in terms of theory and practice, by presenting new findings and by developing better tools and methods embedded in an integrated GIS environment. It also makes a valuable contribution to the fields of GIS and spatial planning, as it provides new methods and ideas that could be applied to improve the former for the benefit of the latter in the context of planning support systems.
“From the 1960s, ambitious research activities set out to observe regarding IT-support of the complex and time consuming redistribution processes within land consolidation – without any practically relevant results, until now. This scientific work is likely to close that gap. This distinguished publication is highly recommended to land consolidation planning experts, researchers and academics alike.”
– Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Thomas, Münster/ Germany
"Planning support systems take new scientific tools based on GIS, optimisation and simulation and use these to inform the process of plan-making and policy. This book is one of the first to show how this can be consistently done andit is a triumph of demonstrating how such systems can be made operational. Essential reading for planners, analysts and GI scientists."
– Prof. Michael Batty, University College London
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Development of an Integrated Planning and Decision Support System (IPDSS) for Land Consolidation
Authors: Demetris Demetriou
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02347-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-02346-5Published: 14 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35225-1Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-02347-2Published: 01 November 2013
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 340
Number of Illustrations: 76 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour
Topics: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity