Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Geographic Information Science

• Main Authors: Malczewski, Jacek (Author), Rinner, Claus (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Advances in Geographic Information Science,
• Subjects: Geography.; Earth sciences.; Geographical information systems.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Mathematical analysis.; Analysis (Mathematics).; Environmental management.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Analysis.; Environmental Management.; Earth Sciences, general.
• Physical Description: XV, 331 p. 93 illus., 16 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540747574
• ISSN: 1867-2434

This book is intended for the GIS Science and Decision Science communities. It is primarily targeted at postgraduate students and practitioners in GIS and urban, regional and environmental planning as well as applied decision analysis. It is also suitable for those studying and working with spatial decision support systems. The main objectives of this book are to effectivley integrate Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) into Geographic Information Science (GIScience), to provide a comprehensive account of theories, methods, technologies and tools for tackling spatial decision problems and to demonstrate how the GIS-MCDA approaches can be used in a wide range of planning and management situations.