Conflict Prevention in Rural Land Use Planning Using a GIS-Based System
Abstract
In the practice of land use conflict handling, a relatively new but attractive strategy is conflict prevention. Different from the conventional strategies of conflict management, it emphasizes the prediction and removal of sources and conditions of potential conflicts, and the promotion of an environment for cooperation. This usually requires manipulation and analysis of a large volume of geographically-referenced data. Without an efficient data handling and analysis tool, prevention is a difficult task to accomplish. The GIS-based system presented in this paper is aimed to provide such a mechanism to support land use conflict prevention. It integrates a GIS with a coordination model. The technical burden of data management is handled by the GIS, analysis and modeling are implemented on both GIS and other analytical tools in the coordination model. The case study demonstrates its potential as a decision support system for land use planning and decision making.
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