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 directions of model-based sustainable development planning. Given the rise in prominence of sustainable development planning in recent years, this Handbook will be invaluable to a wide-ranging audience including NGOs, planners, consultants, policymakers, and academics.
Contents: Preface PART I: MODELLING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1. Application of Decision Support Tools in Sustainable Development Planning: Review and Analysis M.A. Quaddus and M.A.B. Siddique 2. Modelling Sustainable Development Ian Moffatt 3. Measuring Sustainable Development Ian Moffatt 4. Modelling a Long-Term Sustainability Kaoru Yamaguchi 5. Economics, Ecology and GMOs: Sustainability, Precaution and Related Issues Clem Tisdell .PART II: CASE STUDIES Environmental Management 6. Decision Support for Environmental Disaster Planning Aybuke Aurum, Meliha Handzic and Christine Van Toorn 7. Using Data Envelopment Analysis for EcoEfficiency Evaluation Joseph Sarkis and Srinivas Talluri Mining 8. Hierarchical Framework for Evaluating Mine Projects for Sustainability: A Case Study from India M.A. Quaddus and K. Mukherjee 9. Resources, Pollution, and Sustainable Energy Policies: The Case of Pakistan Hassan Qudrat-Ullah 10. Modeling Sustainable Water Prices Pawel Bartoszczuk Agriculture 11. Dynamics and Sustainability of Mediterranean Traditional Irrigated Lands Julia Martinez Fernandez, Miguel Angel Esteve Selma, Isabel Banos, Francisca Carreno and Angeles Moreno Aquaculture 12. Aquaculture and Sustainable Development: Allowing for Environmental Externalities and Common Pool Resources Clem Tisdell Infrastructure 13. Decision Support Systems for Ecosystems Management: A Singerian Approach to Urban Infrastructure Decision Making James F. Courtney, Sandra Richardson and David Paradice 14. Infrastructure Development as a Policy Lever for Sustainable Development Khalid Saeed and Honggang Xu PART III: FUTURE DIRECTIONS 15. Sustainable Development Planning and DSS Tools: What's Next? M.A.B. Siddique and M.A. Quaddus
