Dynamic GIS models for regional sustainable development

Abstract

"There is an increasing need for improving and extending existing GIS leading to integrated policy-orientated systems which may assist planners in complex evaluation problems" Several barriers to developing such a system ....main difficulty..."we have to link traditionally complex and data-driven procedures (ie GIS) with procedures that monitor economic-ecologic interactions". Once we have established the above linkage, we may arrive at a user-firendly and operational system for evaluating SD within the region" preliminary results for a hybrid GIS-SD tested in Greek Islands "It is evident (ftad) that there is a missing node between the field of GIS modelling and non-spatial modelling which would be necessary to integrate to benefit most of the benefits from both fields in a dynmaic sense". dynamic modelling -----> stella (differential equations system) ---> expansion rules SD constraints) ---\ ----> GIS ------------------> layers --> plots Lots about error analysis Greek Islands SD conflicts on the study area are dynamic phemonena and spatial pretty raster maps but not clear how they got them To improve improved models improved spatial analytical tools integration with remote sensing improved error analysis modules user friendliness links with AI technniques