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In recent years, much work has been done in formulating and clarifying the concept of sustainable development and related theoretical and research issues. Now, the challenge has shifted to designing and stimulating processes of effective planning and decision-making, at all levels of human activity, in such a way as to achieve local and global sustainable development. Information technology can help a great deal in achieving sustainable development by providing well-designed and useful tools for decision makers. One such tool is the decision support system, or DSS.

This book explores the area of DSS in the context of sustainable development. As DSS is a very new technique, especially in the developing world, this book will serve as a reference text, primarily for managers, government officials, and information professionals in developing countries. It covers the concept of sustainable development, defines DSS and how it can be used in the planning and management of sustainable development, and examines the state-of-the-art in DSS use. Other interested readers will include students, teachers, and analysts in information sciences; DSS designers, developers, and implementors; and international development agencies.

THE EDITORS

Gregory Kersten is Director of the Centre for Computer Assisted Management, School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Zbigniew Mikolajuk is a Singapore-based program specialist in information technology for Canada's International Development Research Centre. Anthony Gar-On Yeh is Assistant Director of the Centre for Urban Planning and Environmental Management, University of Hong Kong.

CONTENTS

Preface 

Decisions Support for Sustainable Development: An Overview — TungX. Bui

Part I. Sustainable Development and Decision-making
1. Sustainable Development and Decision Support Systems — Z. Mikolajukand A. Gar-On Yeh
2. Decision-making and Decision Support — G.E. Kersten
3. Decision Support with Geographic Information Systems — A. Gar-OnYeh

Part II. Applications and Case Studies
4. A DSS for Sustainable Development in China: A Case Study of Donguan— A. Gar-On Yeh and Xia Li
5. Water Resources Management: A Case Study for EcoKnowMICS — E.D.Gamboa
6. A New DSS for Incentive Strategies: Application to a Rural Developmentin Central Africa — B. Gailly and M. Installé
7. Efficient Strategies: An Application in Water Quality Planning —A.Lotov, L. Bourmistrova, and V. Bushenkov
8. Integrated Rural Energy Decision Support System — S. Pakhareland M. Chandrashekar 
9. DSS for Sustainable Land Management: A Southeast Asia Example —M.Rais, S. Gameda, A. Sajjapongse, and H.-D. Bechstedt
10. MCDA in Practice: Applications to Agriculture, Industry, and Governmentin Brazil — C. Bana Costa, E.C. Corrêa, L. Ensslin, and J.-C.Vansnick
11. Learning Business Negotiations with Web-based Systems — M. Mohan,G.E. Kersten,  S. Noronha, M. Kersten, and D. Cray
12. Natural Resource Conservation and Crop Management Expert System— A. Rafea

Part III. Research Issues
13. Finding Decision Rules — T.B. Ho
14. Organizational Memory Information Systems — F.V.  Burnstein,H.G. Smith, R. Sharma, and D. Sowunmi
15. Software Internationalization Architectures for DSS — P.A.V.Hall
16. Software Integration for Environmental Management — V.S. Chabanyukand O.V. Obvintsev
17. Design of Decision Support Systems as Federated Information Systems— D. Abel, K. Taylor, G. Walker, and G. Williams
18. Knowledge Discovery in Databases and Decision Support — A. Mahadevan,K. Ponnudurai, G.E. Kersten, and R. Thomas

Part IV. Decision Support for Sustainable Development
19. Experience and Potential — P.A.V. Hall et al.
20. DSS Application Areas — G.E. Kersten and G. Lo

Glossary 

Contributors 

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