Perceived effectiveness of environmental decision support systems in participatory planning: Evidence from small groups of end-users

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 302-309

  Inman, David ^a   Blind, Michiel ^b   Ribarova, Irina ^c   Krause, Arno ^d   Roosenschoon, Onno ^d   Kassahun, Ayalew ^d   Scholten, Huub ^d   Arampatzis, George ^e   Abrami, Geraldine ^f   McIntosh, Brian ^f   Jeffrey, Paul ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE   (Bulgaria)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Decision support; DST evaluation; Participatory planning

Indexed keywords

BULGARIA; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DST EVALUATION; END-USERS; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN CONTEXT; EVALUATION METHOD; EVALUATION RESEARCH; INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS; INTEGRATED TOOLS; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY PLANNING; PARTICIPATORY PROCESS; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SAMPLE SIZES; SMALL GROUPS; SMALL SAMPLES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPPORT SYSTEMS; USERS PERCEPTIONS; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT PROJECTS; WATER STRESS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INFERENCE ENGINES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

BULGARIA; SOFIA;

EID: 78649850489     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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