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GIS Technique for Territorial Analysis: Spatial MultiCriteria Decision Analysis

GIS Technique for Territorial Analysis: Spatial MultiCriteria Decision Analysis

Francesco Riccioli, Toufic El Asmar
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781466620384|ISBN10: 1466620382|EISBN13: 9781466620391
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2038-4.ch016
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Riccioli, Francesco, and Toufic El Asmar. "GIS Technique for Territorial Analysis: Spatial MultiCriteria Decision Analysis." Geographic Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 228-249. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2038-4.ch016

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Riccioli, F. & El Asmar, T. (2013). GIS Technique for Territorial Analysis: Spatial MultiCriteria Decision Analysis. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Geographic Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 228-249). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2038-4.ch016

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Riccioli, Francesco, and Toufic El Asmar. "GIS Technique for Territorial Analysis: Spatial MultiCriteria Decision Analysis." In Geographic Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 228-249. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2038-4.ch016

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Abstract

Territorial analysis is related to the complexity of an area where human activities and environmental characteristics are the main development factors. Human activities have a direct (e.g. farm activities) and indirect (e.g. urban development/sprawl) influence on a territory and its environment, which gives an important function to such activities when strategies for territorial planning have to be defined. Several actors are involved in the assessment of a territory, which is a complicated feature of decision making to be achieved with the use of complex data-analysis process. The evolution of personal computer and specific software for the analysis of spatial data is giving important contribution to “Territorial Planning Strategies.” Spatial Decision Support System is an example of how problems occurred during a decision making process can be solved using methodologies that combine “Multicriteria Approach” and “Geographic Information System.” One of these methodologies is represented by “Spatial Multicriteria Decision Analysis.”

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