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

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