Decision Support for Forest Management

The concluding chapter offers the authors’ insights on how allthese concepts, tools and practices reflect the three worlds: material, personal and social. This updated and expanded second edition adds the most recent advances in participatory planning approaches and methods, giving special emphasis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kangas, Annika, Kurttila, Mikko (Author), Hujala, Teppo (Author), Eyvindson, Kyle (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2015, 2015
Edition:2nd ed. 2015
Series:Managing Forest Ecosystems
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Planning and Decision Support
  • 2. Forest Management Planning
  • 3. Single-Criteria Problems
  • 4. Multi-Criteria Decision Problems
  • 5. Uncertainty in Multi-Criteria Decision Making
  • 6. Linear Programming and its Extensions in Forest Planning
  • 7. Heuristic Optimisation
  • 8. Uncertainty in Optimisation
  • 9. Participatory Planning and Group Decision Making
  • 10. Voting Methods
  • 11. Participatory Planning Processes in Action
  • 12. Behavioral Aspects
  • 13. Final Remarks