Design and Implementation of a Robust Decision Support System for Marine Space Resource Utilization
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State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian 116024, China
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ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2016, 5(8), 140; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi5080140
Received: 12 May 2016
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Revised: 24 July 2016
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Accepted: 1 August 2016
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Published: 8 August 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Web/Cloud Based Mapping and Geoinformation)
Increasing coastal space resource utilization (CSRU) activities and their impact on coastal environments has been recognized as a critical coastal zone stressor. Consequently, the need for sustainable and valid CSRU management has been highlighted. In this study, a highly-intelligent prototype decision-aided system for CSRU was developed. In contrast with existing coastal decision-aided systems, this system is aimed at the management of CSRU, providing reliable and dynamic numerical simulation, analysis, and aided decision making for real coastal engineering based on a self-developed fully automatic numerical program. It was established on multi-tier distributed architecture based on Java EE. The most efficient strategies for spatial data organization, automatic coastal numerical programs, and impact assessment modules are demonstrated. In addition, its integrated construction involving the addition of a new coastal project on the webpage, its one-click numerical prediction of coastal environmental impacts, assessments based on numerical results, and its aided decision-making capabilities are addressed. The system was applied to Ningbo Sea, China, establishing the Ningbo CSRU Decision Support System. Two projects were demonstrated: one reclamation project and one land-based outlet planning case. Results indicated that these projects had detrimental effects on local coastal environments. Therefore, the approvals of these projects were not recommended.
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Keywords:
coastal management; decision support system; space resource utilization; automatic numerical simulation; coastal environmental impact
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Xie, J.; Liang, S.; Sun, Z.; Chang, J.; Sun, J. Design and Implementation of a Robust Decision Support System for Marine Space Resource Utilization. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2016, 5, 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi5080140
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Xie J, Liang S, Sun Z, Chang J, Sun J. Design and Implementation of a Robust Decision Support System for Marine Space Resource Utilization. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2016; 5(8):140. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi5080140
Chicago/Turabian StyleXie, Jing, Shuxiu Liang, Zhaochen Sun, Jiang Chang, and Jianwen Sun. 2016. "Design and Implementation of a Robust Decision Support System for Marine Space Resource Utilization" ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 5, no. 8: 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi5080140
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