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- Title
Integrating Planning Support Systems and Multicriteria Evaluation for Energy Facility Site Suitability Evaluation.
- Authors
Lieske, Scott N.; Hamerlinck, Jeffrey D.
- Abstract
Suitability modeling seeks to identify the continuum of best or worst sites for a facility, development, activity, or particular use based on site characteristics and preference assessments. The purpose of this paper is to assess the quality of a planning support system-based suitability model through presentation of an energy infrastructure development case study. The presentation of the case includes the suitability model and a second, complementary approach, the Kepner-Tregoe problem-solving and decision-analysis framework. The suitability model is presented within the context of the methods, assumptions, and best practices of multicriteria evaluation and weighted linear combination modeling. The primary finding of this research is the CommunityViz planning support system suitability model is a valid tool for spatial multicriteria evaluation and demonstrably effective at producing trusted outcomes. The contributions of this paper are an evaluation of the scientific rigor of the CommunityViz suitability model as well as discussion of planning support system-based interactive and iterative model development within a multicriteria evaluation process.
- Subjects
ENERGY facilities; INFRASTRUCTURE (Economics); URBAN planning; GEOGRAPHIC information systems; ECONOMIC development
- Publication
Journal of the Urban & Regional Information Systems Association, 2015, Vol 26, Issue 1, p13
- ISSN
1045-8077
- Publication type
Article