A conceptual framework and its software implementation to generate spatial decision support systems for land use planning

Land Use Policy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 271-282

  De Meyer, Annelies ^a   Estrella, René ^a   Jacxsens, Paul ^a   Deckers, Jozef ^a   Van Rompaey, Anton ^a   Van Orshoven, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Free and open source software; Generator; Land evaluation; Land use planning; Spatial decision support system

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE PLANNING; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84880815107     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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