Download or read book Designing a Decision Support System for Marine Reserves Management written by Helen Ding and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper we discuss how a Decision Support System (DSS) for managing the marine environment can be set up. We use the Driving force-Pressure-State-Impact-Respond (DPSIR) framework to analyze which are the major driving forces impacting upon the marine environment in the North Sea. Moreover, a number of potential responses are identified. Furthermore, a preliminary and simplified optimization model has been set up and can be used in a DSS to decide on the best location of marine reserves for the protection of species. The model is based on a bio-economic metapopulation model that can be used to decide which parts of the sea should be opened for fisheries and which should be protected as marine reserve. It accounts for the dispersal of fish and considers both the economic returns from fisheries and the ecological value of marine biodiversity. A number of suggestions are given on how to extend and improve the DSS.
Download or read book Dealing with Data Uncertainty in Decision Support Algorithms for Marine Reserve Design Using Numerical Models written by Talia Beech and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spatial Decision Support Systems written by Ramanathan Sugumaran and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although interest in Spatial Decision Support Systems (SDSS) continues to grow rapidly in a wide range of disciplines, students, planners, managers, and the research community have lacked a book that covers the fundamentals of SDSS along with the advanced design concepts required for building SDSS. Filling this need, Spatial Decision Support System
Download or read book Making Transparent Environmental Management Decisions written by Keith M. Reynolds and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Developments in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures written by Jorgen Amdahl and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-12-17 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developments in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures is a collection of papers presented at MARSTRUCT 2021, the 8th International Conference on Marine Structures (by remote transmission, 7-9 June 2021, organised by the Department of Marine Technology of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway), and is essential reading for academics, engineers and professionals involved in the design of marine and offshore structures. The MARSTRUCT Conference series deals with Ship and Offshore Structures, addressing topics in the fields of: - Methods and Tools for Loads and Load Effects; - Methods and Tools for Strength Assessment; - Experimental Analysis of Structures; - Materials and Fabrication of Structures; - Methods and Tools for Structural Design and Optimisation; and - Structural Reliability, Safety and Environmental Protection. The MARSTRUCT conferences series of started in Glasgow, UK in 2007, the second event of the series took place in Lisbon, Portugal in March 2009, the third in Hamburg, Germany in March 2011, the fourth in Espoo, Finland in March 2013, the fifth in Southampton, UK in March 2015, the sixth in Lisbon, Portugal in May 2017, and the seventh in Drubovnik, Croatia in May 2019. The ‘Proceedings in Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering’ series is dedicated to the publication of proceedings of peer-reviewed international conferences dealing with various aspects of ‘Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering’. The Series includes the proceedings of the following conferences: the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean (IMAM) conferences, the Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT) conferences, the Renewable Energies Offshore (RENEW) conferences and the Maritime Technology (MARTECH) conferences. The ‘Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering’ series is also open to new conferences that cover topics on the sustainable exploration and exploitation of marine resources in various fields, such as maritime transport and ports, usage of the ocean including coastal areas, nautical activities, the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources, the protection of the marine environment and its resources, and risk analysis, safety and reliability. The aim of the series is to stimulate advanced education and training through the wide dissemination of the results of scientific research.
Download or read book Marine Protected Areas written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the ocean-and the resources within-seem limitless, there is clear evidence that human impacts such as overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution disrupt marine ecosystems and threaten the long-term productivity of the seas. Declining yields in many fisheries and decay of treasured marine habitats, such as coral reefs, has heightened interest in establishing a comprehensive system of marine protected areas (MPAs)-areas designated for special protection to enhance the management of marine resources. Therefore, there is an urgent need to evaluate how MPAs can be employed in the United States and internationally as tools to support specific conservation needs of marine and coastal waters. Marine Protected Areas compares conventional management of marine resources with proposals to augment these management strategies with a system of protected areas. The volume argues that implementation of MPAs should be incremental and adaptive, through the design of areas not only to conserve resources, but also to help us learn how to manage marine species more effectively.
Download or read book A Decision Support System for the Location of Naval Surface Reserve Units written by Laura Leigh Venable and published by . This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis analyzes the process needed to evaluate potential Naval Reserve unit locations from the perspective of cost, manpower, support for the active Navy, and Reserve facility support capability. The research suggests the feasibility of a PC based Decision Support System to assist Commander, Naval Surface Reserve Force improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the unit location decision. A comparative decision model was developed based on Multi- Attribute Utility Theory. Design of a Spatial Decision Support System was proposed to incorporate a commercial mapping engine, the formal unit location decision model, and a commercial decision model solver. Since the proposed Decision Support System can provide flexibility, increase the number of decision factors considered, and reduce decision processing time, software development and construction of a Reserve unit Decision Support System prototype is recommended.
Download or read book Ocean Zoning written by Tundi Agardy and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our knowledge of the oceans is increasing rapidly, as more powerful tools for exploration and exploitation make it easier to locate valuable resources, such as fish stocks, oil and gas reserves, or sites for wind and hydropower schemes. At the same time competition for space has intensified, affecting marine life and people's livelihoods. Much has been written about marine management using marine protected areas, but MPAs are only a small subset of spatial management tools available. MPAs and MPA networks are better seen as starting points for more comprehensive spatial management, facilitated by ocean zoning. This logical scaling up from discreet piecemeal protected areas to larger and more systematic planning is happening around the world, but few are aware that we are entering a brave new world in ocean management with zoning at its core.This book provides guidance on using ocean zoning to improve marine management. It reviews the benefits of ocean zoning in theory, reviews progress made in zoning around the world through a wide range of case studies, and derives lessons learned to recommend a process by which future zoning can be maximally effective and efficient.Published with MARES, Forest Trends and UNEP
Download or read book Proceedings of Second International Conference on Smart Energy and Communication written by Dinesh Goyal and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers selected papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Smart Energy and Communication (ICSEC 2020), held at Poornima Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jaipur, India, on March 20–21, 2020. It covers a range of topics in electronics and communication engineering and electrical engineering, including analog circuit design, image processing, wireless and microwave communication, optoelectronics and photonic devices, nano-electronics, renewable energy, smart grid, power systems and industry applications.
Download or read book Maritime Supply Chains written by Thierry Vanelslander and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maritime Supply Chains breaks the maritime chain into components, consistently relating them to the overall integrated supply chain. The book not only analyzes and provides solutions to frequently encountered problems and key operational issues, it also applies cutting-edge scientific techniques on the maritime supply chain. Sections consider shipping, ports and terminals, hinterland and the issues that intersect different parts of the chain. Readers will find discussions of the various actors at play and how they relate to the overall function of the supply chain. Finally, the book offers solutions to the most pressing problems, thus providing a unique, well-balanced account. - Provides a comprehensive and integrative account of the maritime supply chain, from shipping, to port, to hinterland - Cuts through the maritime supply chain to offer a transversal picture on how the chain functions - Applies rigorous analytical techniques to give solutions to the most frequent and pressing challenges facing maritime supply chains - Considers advances, such as blockchain, that are set to transform maritime supply chains
Download or read book Establishing Resilient Marine Protected Area Networks Making it Happen written by IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2008 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Management Decision Support Systems written by Andrew M. McCosh and published by Springer. This book was released on 1978-06-17 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remote Sensing of Protected Lands written by Yeqiao Wang and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National parks, wildlife refuges and sanctuaries, natural reserves, conservation areas, frontier lands, and marine-protected areas are increasingly recognized as essential providers of ecosystem services and biological resources. As debates about climate change and sustainability intensify, protected areas become more important as indicators of eco
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Theoretical Ecology written by Alan Hastings and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A bold and successful attempt to illustrate the theoretical foundations of all of the subdisciplines of ecology, including basic and applied, and extending through biophysical, population, community, and ecosystem ecology. Encyclopedia of Theoretical Ecology is a compendium of clear and concise essays by the intellectual leaders across this vast breadth of knowledge."--Harold Mooney, Stanford University "A remarkable and indispensable reference work that also is flexible enough to provide essential readings for a wide variety of courses. A masterful collection of authoritative papers that convey the rich and fundamental nature of modern theoretical ecology."--Simon A. Levin, Princeton University "Theoretical ecologists exercise their imaginations to make sense of the astounding complexity of both real and possible ecosystems. Imagining a real or possible topic left out of the Encyclopedia of Theoretical Ecology has proven just as challenging. This comprehensive compendium demonstrates that theoretical ecology has become a mature science, and the volume will serve as the foundation for future creativity in this area."--Fred Adler, University of Utah "The editors have assembled an outstanding group of contributors who are a great match for their topics. Sometimes the author is a key, authoritative figure in a field; and at other times, the author has enough distance to convey all sides of a subject. The next time you need to introduce ecology students to a theoretical topic, you'll be glad to have this encyclopedia on your bookshelf."--Stephen Ellner, Cornell University “Everything you wanted to know about theoretical ecology, and much that you didn’t know you needed to know but will now! Alan Hastings and Louis Gross have done us a great service by bringing together in very accessible form a huge amount of information about a broad, complicated, and expanding field.”--Daniel Simberloff, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Download or read book Implementing a Group Decision Support System at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton written by David W. Maxwell and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advocates maintain a Group Decision Support System (GDSS) creates an environment which enhances the group decision making process. There appear to be numerous areas where the Marine Corps might benefit from the use of GDSS. However, introducing GDSS into the Marine Corps' culture challenges I traditional decision making processes. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods. this study evaluates factors which affected the implementation of a GDSS at MCB, Camp Pendleton. Interview and survey data revealed four: the new technology's purpose, organizational commitment, training, and system design. These four factors form the basis for a proposed model of software implementation. The research also evaluates perceived changes in the decision making process. These changes include: reduced meeting time requirements, increased group consensus, and improved decision quality. A preliminary assessment of the implementation efforts and the research indicates success in establishing this GDSS at MCB, Camp Pendleton. However, the environment at Camp Pendleton has changed and the true success of the implementation process remains to be fully tested.
Download or read book Implementing a Group Decision Support System at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton written by David W. Maxwell and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advocates maintain a Group Decision Support System (GDSS) creates an environment which enhances the group decision making process. There appear to be numerous areas where the Marine Corps might benefit from the use of GDSS. However, introducing GDSS into the Marine Corps' culture challenges I traditional decision making processes. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods. this study evaluates factors which affected the implementation of a GDSS at MCB, Camp Pendleton. Interview and survey data revealed four: the new technology's purpose, organizational commitment, training, and system design. These four factors form the basis for a proposed model of software implementation. The research also evaluates perceived changes in the decision making process. These changes include: reduced meeting time requirements, increased group consensus, and improved decision quality. A preliminary assessment of the implementation efforts and the research indicates success in establishing this GDSS at MCB, Camp Pendleton. However, the environment at Camp Pendleton has changed and the true success of the implementation process remains to be fully tested.
Download or read book The State of the art in Decision Support Systems written by Gerald W. Hopple and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
