Expert Systems in Environmental Planning

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Land use and resource management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2

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   2. Expertise and Expert Systems in British Land Use Planning

      • Michael E. Leary

      Pages 3-21

   3. Applying a Rule-Based Decision Support System to Local Government Planning

      • James Richard Davis, Geoffrey McDonald

      Pages 23-46

   4. Using Expert Systems to Check Compliance with Municipal Building Codes

      • Eric J. Heikkila, Edwin J. Blewett

      Pages 47-59

   5. Machine Learning, Expert Systems, and an Integer Programming Model: Application to Facility Management and Planning

      • Tschangho John Kim, Sang-Yun Han, Ilker Adiguzel

      Pages 61-82

3. GIS and spatial modeling

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-84

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   2. Observations on the Role of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Geographic Information Processing

      • Dundee Navinchandra

      Pages 85-118

   3. Probabilistic Inferencing and Spatial Decision Support Systems

      • Jeff R. Wright, Kurt A. Buehler

      Pages 119-144

   4. Database Integration for Knowledge-Based Groundwater Quality Assessment

      • Marc P. Armstrong

      Pages 145-161

   5. Regulating the Municipal Environment Using an Expert Geographic Information System

      • David R. Maidment, Thomas A. Evans

      Pages 163-186

4. Environmental planning and management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-188

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   2. Use of Knowledge-Based Systems for the Review of Environmental Impact Assessments

      • Stefano Schibuola, Philip H. Byer

      Pages 189-204

   3. An Expert System for the Management of the Water Quality in the Latrobe River

      • Glenn Elliott, Victor B. Ciesielski

      Pages 205-215

   4. Multi-Domain Expert Systems for Hazardous Waste Site Investigations

      • Hsai-Yang Fang, George K. Mikroudis, Sibel Pamukcu

      Pages 217-232

   5. NOISEXPT: An Expert System for Noise Control in Very Fast Train Design

      • Qian Chen, Ronald Sharpe

      Pages 233-244

5. Knowledge acquisition, evaluation, and validation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-246

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   2. Knowledge Acquisition and Representation in Building an Expert System for Archaeological Research and Analysis: ESARA

      • Keechoo Choi, Sarah Wisseman, John Fittipaldi, T. John Kim

      Pages 247-260

   3. Knowledge Acquisition from Multiple Experts: A Case of Transport Planning in Poland

      • Marian Tracz, Bronislaw Wawrzynkiewicz

      Pages 261-274

   4. Testing a Prototype Expert System for Diagnosing Wastewater Treatment Plant Operating Problems

      • Catherine D. Perman, Leonard Ortolano

      Pages 275-298

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.

• Environmental Planning
• Expert Systems
• Expertensysteme
• GIS
• Umweltplanung
• environment
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

  Jeff R. Wright

• Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

  Lyna L. Wiggins

• Army Environmental Policy Institute Installations, Logistics, and Environment, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Champaign, USA

  Ravinder K. Jain

• Expert Planning & Information Systems Laboratory, University of Illinois, Champaign, USA

  T. John Kim

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