Coursebooks

Spatial decision support systems

ENV-443

Lecturer(s) :

Golay François

Language:

English

Summary

The course deals with the methods and instruments supporting decision processes in the geographical space. The focus is on multi-criteria decision analysis, with the special requirements carried by space-related scenarios and solutions, and by the participatory processes among numerous stakeholders.

Content

• Situations and cases of decision making in territorial and environmental planning and management
• Spatial decision processes and steps
• Spatial decision support processes and tools
• Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) and its spatial applications
• Collaborative/group spatial decision-making
• Hands-on exercises of MCDM with GIS
• Cases studies and seminars

   

 

Learning Prerequisites

Recommended courses

Basic knowledge and skills in GIS

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Expound most importance issues of spatial decision making
• Choose relevant methods for spatial decision support
• Apply most important multi-criteria decision analysis processes
• Organize a decision making process involving many stakeholders

Transversal skills

• Make an oral presentation.
• Summarize an article or a technical report.

Teaching methods

Lecture, exercises, seminars

Assessment methods

33 % spot written check during the semester
33 % continuous control during the semester (seminar synthesis)
33 % written test (120 min) during the exam session

Resources

Ressources en bibliothèque

• Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Geographic Information Science /Malczewski