Decision support for integrated wetland management

摘要: Wetlands perform functions that support the generation of ecologically, socially and economically important values. European legislation has increasingly recognised importance preserving wetland ecosystems. The Water Framework Directive (WFD) embodies many existing directives have implications for wetlands. EU funded EVALUWET project (European valuation assessment tool supporting ecosystem legislation) aims to develop implement an operational evaluation decision system policy objectives. A multidisciplinary approach is adopted combining expertise from natural social scientists. region Noord-Hollands Midden selected as Dutch case study within EVALUWET. This north Amsterdam a typical landscape with drained peat meadows in polders below sea level. Important stakeholders are: agricultural organisations, recreation, nature conservation provincial/regional authorities. levels are controlled area. Changes water regimes proposed (National Policies, WFD) which will impact on performance such agriculture, residential recreation opportunities. In this study, three alternatives be compared: (1) modern pasture (current), (2) historical (3) dynamic mire. Impacts these number criteria relevant assessed. Spatial techniques combination multicriteria methods used evaluation. provides better insight into consequences alternative participating process. based following software components: performed by rule-based knowledge base implemented NetWeaver. map presentation handled ArcView ArcMap. Multicriteria analysis using package DEFINITE. 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.