Sand and gravel quarry planning must guarantee the public interest in the procurement of raw materials while ensuring environmental sustainability. An Analyzing Planning Support System for sand and gravel quarry plan can assist decision-makers during...
Using landscape objects with geo-visualisation tools to create 3D virtual environments is becoming one of the most prominent communication techniques to understand landscape form, function and processes. Geo-visualisation tools can also provide usefu...
In this paper, we report on the application of systems engineering in initiating the synthesis of a participatory planning support system (PSS) for sustainable regional planning. The systems engineering SPADE approach is applied in a model-based fash...
In an era of smart cities and digitalisation, there has been a noticeable increase in the development and application of planning support systems (PSS). However, a significant challenge in the broader adoption of these PSS can be attributed to the us...
Precision Farming (PF) and Controlled Traffic Farming (CTF) are well known concepts within agriculture, but the adoption rate of these practices by farmers is still very low, because farmers lack the needed skills or fail to see the benefits of using...
Water is becoming a scarce resource in many parts of the world, leading to increased competition amongst water users. Optimized water allocation is increasingly important to balance the growing demand for water and the limited supply of accessible cl...
The inherent complexity of planning at sea, called maritime spatial planning (MSP), requires a planning approach where science (data and evidence) and stakeholders (their engagement and involvement) are integrated throughout the planning process. An...
As a floating system connecting hydraulic support and scraper conveyor, the path planning of pushing mechanism is of great significance for their coordinated movement. In this paper, a method for path planning of hydraulic support pushing mechanism b...
Studies conceptualize planning support systems (PSS) outcomes as post-implementation use (limited or continuous) in the planning process. This paper presents another perspective on PSS implementation outcomes—its institutionalization in the pla...
We present a survey of operational methods for walkability analysis and evaluation, which we hold show promise as decision-support tools for sustainability-oriented planning and urban design. An initial overview of the literature revealed a subdivisi...
Coastal adaptation planning often focuses on keeping growth out of flood-prone areas, but in some coastal cities, business as usual growth may already avoid the most exposed locations while remaining concentrated near the shoreline. This problem is e...
Background: A site layout plan is one of the important decisions to be made in the planning phase of each construction project as it can significantly impact on-site transportation, construction logistics, and safety. This decision could be complicat...
Territorial planning in Portugal requires the regular preparation of State of Territorial Planning Reports (REOT) to evaluate the implementation of spatial planning instruments. However, these reports are traditionally produced as static documents, l...
The environmental consequences of planning decisions are often undervalued. This can result from a number of potential causes: (a) there might be a lack of adequate information to correctly assess environmental consequences; (b) stakeholders might di...
Within the German-Vietnamese joint research project “Integrated Water Resources Management Vietnam”, Planning and Decision Support Tools on a regional scale are being developed. A Water Balance Tool is utilized to calculate and assess water demands a...
Regional spatial functional zoning in China is a large-scale strategic planning and requires very advanced planning decision support technology. With respect to spatial functional zoning, the planning support system (PSS) is introduced as one of the...
The way in which risk maps are used in decision support processes for spatial planning at local scale is critical to helping decision makers in the definition of a prevention strategy to minimize risks. This paper presents a spatial decision support...
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Korea play a pivotal role in the national economy. However, due to scale limitations, the resources available to SMEs for innovation activities are limited. Therefore, as a means to compensate for the market fai...
Deciding upon optimum planning actions in terms of sustainable urban planning involves the consideration of multiple environmental and socio-economic criteria. The transformation of natural landscapes to urban areas affects energy and material fluxes...
Multifunctional green infrastructure, a key component of compact sustainable cities, is challenged by the pressures associated with rapid urbanization. In this paper, we present a method that uses remote sensing, GIS modeling and stakeholder engageme...
Dynamic processes in society and demographics require a rapid response and adaptation of the existing public service infrastructure. Responsible planners must be able to analyse the situation, identify gaps in provision and derive decisions. The pape...
Ensuring a reliable and sustainable water supply in growing urban areas requires integrated planning that balances increasing demand with technical, economic, and operational constraints. This paper presents the development of a Planning Support Syst...
Planning Support Systems (PSS) are increasingly used to support collaborative planning workshops in urban adaptation practice. Research has focused on developing such tools and evaluating their use in workshops but has not measured tools’ effec...
A growing demand at several levels of territorial government concerns the need for tools to support policy-making oriented towards sustainable planning. That of Ecosystem Services (ES) represents a well-structured and robust methodological framework...
Urban modeling is being reshaped by advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and data-rich sensing. This review assembles an integrated evidence base connecting spatial dynamic modeling (SDM), planning support systems (PSSs), urban analytics, and gov...
This paper investigates and systematizes planning problems along the supply chain of small and medium-sized companies in the horticultural market of ornamental plants, perennials, and cut flowers. The sector faces considerable challenges such as mult...
Decision support systems (DSSs) are increasingly common in forest and wildfire planning and management in the United States. Recent policy direction and frameworks call for collaborative assessment of wildfire risk to inform fuels treatment prioritiz...
In the past years, alternative drainage approaches have emerged, such as Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS), to prevent run-off and flooding impacts on the most vulnerable zones of the cities. These systems not only provide the benefit of wate...
Urban planning increasingly depends on methods capable of capturing citizen perspectives in forms that are both inclusive and analytically useful for decision-making. Conventional participation mechanisms, such as public meetings, paper questionnaire...
For decades, infrastructure planning in informal settlements has been a major challenge for urban planners and engineers. In particular, the planning process for the rapidly changing heterogeneous structures in these areas usually require individual...
Planning rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems for social housing requires decisions that extend beyond technical design, particularly regarding implementation scale. Although previous studies have extensively addressed storage sizing, water savings, an...
For a decade, researchers have focused on the development and deployment of road automated mobility. In the development of autonomous driving embedded systems, several stages are required. The first one deals with the perception layers. The second on...
Diagnosis and treatment planning forms the crux of orthodontics, which orthodontists gain with years of expertise. Machine Learning (ML), having the ability to learn by pattern recognition, can gain this expertise in a very short duration, ensuring r...
Strategic Mine Planning (SMP) creates the long-term economic baseline for mining operations, yet economic variability necessitates Dynamic Mine Planning (DMP) to rapidly stress-test those financial assumptions. Currently, this capability is hindered...
Ocean energy is a relevant source of clean renewable energy, and as it is still facing challenges related to its above grid-parity costs, tariffs intended to support in a structured and coherent way are of great relevance and potential impact. The lo...
High photovoltaic (PV) penetration can reduce grid-energy imports but may worsen voltage performance in radial distribution feeders. This paper develops a unified mixed-discrete PV–BESS planning framework that jointly optimizes siting, sizing,...
Current Digital Twins of the Ocean rely predominantly on two-dimensional geoportal interfaces that constrain the spatial comprehension of complex marine environments. This paper presents Immersive Ocean, a Virtual Twin platform developed under the EU...
Chile is among the largest walnut producers and exporters globally, thanks to a favorable nut growth and production environment. Despite an increasingly competitive market, the literature offers little scientific advice regarding decision support sys...
As European forest policy increasingly focuses on multiple ecosystem services and participatory decision making, forest managers and policy planners have a need for integrated, user-friendly, broad spectrum decision support systems (DSS) that address...
Planning support systems (PSSs) should generally be designed to promote the participation of stakeholders in planning and design processes through the delivery of useful, localized information, an ability to collect feedback, and an ability to model...
Coordinating operating room schedules with downstream inpatient bed availability remains a critical challenge for hospitals, particularly under emergency-driven uncertainty. Emergency arrivals introduce variability that propagates congestion across s...
Background: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a precursor to dementia, with a prevalence of over 15% among community dwellers, with significant economic and social implications. Despite preserved autonomy in daily living, individuals with MCI face c...
Heritage villages are increasingly recognized as important cultural assets that can support conservation, tourism development, and regional regeneration. However, the large number of heritage settlements and the limited availability of conservation r...
Detailed planning of vessel traffic on the fairway, carried out by Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) operators, is a complicated task, especially when there are restrictions for two-way ship traffic. Such restrictions take place on the dredged Świnou...
Integrated decision support tools are needed to investigate the tradeoffs of stormwater control measures (SCMs) and determine the optimal suite of SCMs based on the needs of watersheds. In this study, an urbanized watershed undergoing infill developm...
Small and medium-sized engineering production companies face challenges that are related to unpredicted rapid changes of availability of the work force, materials and equipment. Those challenges are especially difficult to solve for companies focusin...
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Compelling evidence shows that trees and greenspaces positively impact human well-being and the environment and offer economic benefits. Nevertheless, there exists a knowledge gap regarding the extent to which this evidence is efficiently incorporate...
Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects are increasingly affecting Mediterranean coastal cities, where climate change, urbanization, and seasonal tourism intensify thermal stress and environmental vulnerability. In this context, climate-oriented planning and...
Background/Objectives: Translating medical nutrition therapy guidance into practical meal plans requires consistent application of clinical and dietetic rules while accommodating different therapeutic regimens. This study developed and computationall...
The constantly increasing amount and availability of urban data derived from varying sources leads to an assortment of challenges that include, among others, the consolidation, visualization, and maximal exploitation prospects of the aforementioned d...
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