Decision Support for Forest Management

• Main Authors: Kangas, Annika (Author), Kurttila, Mikko (Author), Hujala, Teppo (Author), Eyvindson, Kyle (Author), Kangas, Jyrki (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Series: Managing Forest Ecosystems, 30
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Forestry management.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Forestry Management.; Sustainable Development.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

This book offers a thorough review and explanation of decision support methods and tools, and shows how these are best applied to a wide range of situations in the practice of sustainable forest management. The goal is to provide both students and working forest managers a toolbox of methods coverin...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Planning and Decision Support
• 2. Forest Management Planning
• 3. Single-Criteria Problems
• 4. Multi-Criteria Decision Problems
• 5. Uncertainty in Multi-Criteria Decision Making
• 6. Linear Programming and its Extensions in Forest Planning
• 7. Heuristic Optimisation
• 8. Uncertainty in Optimisation
• 9. Participatory Planning and Group Decision Making
• 10. Voting Methods
• 11. Participatory Planning Processes in Action
• 12. Behavioral Aspects
• 13. Final Remarks.