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Handbook of sustainable development planning : studies in modelling and decision support / edited by M.A. Quaddus, M.A.B. Siddique.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Elgar original reference.
- Elgar original reference
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable development--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Sustainable development.
- Decision making--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Decision making.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (416 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This thoroughly revised second edition of this authoritative Handbook, complete with new chapters, comprehensively examines the current status and future directions of model-based systems in decision support and their application to sustainable development planning. The Handbook presents a full review of model-based applications in sustainable development planning, paying particular attention to environment disaster, ecosystem management, energy, infrastructure development, and agricultural systems, amongst other contemporary issues. Conceptual and policy oriented papers then debate the future
- Contents:
- part I. Modelling for sustainable development
- part II. Case studies
- part III. Future directions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-85793-216-0
- OCLC:
- 861538320
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