Decision support system for urban sustainability planning in Malaysia

Development planning requires an effective approach to achieve the desired goals and objectives, evaluate alternative as well as control development programs that are in line with current and future prospects. In the quest toward urban sustainability planning, a support tool in the form of an inform...

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Main Authors: Ahris Yaakup, Siti Zalina Abu Bakar, Susilawati Sulaiman
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Language:English
Published: Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2009
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spelling ukm-22822016-12-14T06:31:10Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2282/ Decision support system for urban sustainability planning in Malaysia Ahris Yaakup, Siti Zalina Abu Bakar, Susilawati Sulaiman, Development planning requires an effective approach to achieve the desired goals and objectives, evaluate alternative as well as control development programs that are in line with current and future prospects. In the quest toward urban sustainability planning, a support tool in the form of an information system is required for enhancing analyses and deriving rational decisions. Planning support system (PSS) and decision support system (DSS) are among the tools for achieving quality planning for optimum development. They support the tasks of plan formulation, monitoring and review which inevitably involve the assembly and integration of geographic information and are known to be widely used in considering alternative spatial development strategies as well as assessing development potentials involved in land use planning. This article discusses various uses of DSS with a focus on its functionalities in supporting development planning and management at various levels Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2282/1/Artikel_7_AhrisYaakup.pdf Ahris Yaakup, and Siti Zalina Abu Bakar, and Susilawati Sulaiman, (2009) Decision support system for urban sustainability planning in Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Environmental Management, 10 (1). pp. 101-117. ISSN 1511-7855 http://www.ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html
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description Development planning requires an effective approach to achieve the desired goals and objectives, evaluate alternative as well as control development programs that are in line with current and future prospects. In the quest toward urban sustainability planning, a support tool in the form of an information system is required for enhancing analyses and deriving rational decisions. Planning support system (PSS) and decision support system (DSS) are among the tools for achieving quality planning for optimum development. They support the tasks of plan formulation, monitoring and review which inevitably involve the assembly and integration of geographic information and are known to be widely used in considering alternative spatial development strategies as well as assessing development potentials involved in land use planning. This article discusses various uses of DSS with a focus on its functionalities in supporting development planning and management at various levels
format Article
author Ahris Yaakup,
Siti Zalina Abu Bakar,
Susilawati Sulaiman,
spellingShingle Ahris Yaakup,
Siti Zalina Abu Bakar,
Susilawati Sulaiman,
Decision support system for urban sustainability planning in Malaysia
author_facet Ahris Yaakup,
Siti Zalina Abu Bakar,
Susilawati Sulaiman,
author_sort Ahris Yaakup,
title Decision support system for urban sustainability planning in Malaysia
title_short Decision support system for urban sustainability planning in Malaysia
title_full Decision support system for urban sustainability planning in Malaysia
title_fullStr Decision support system for urban sustainability planning in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Decision support system for urban sustainability planning in Malaysia
title_sort decision support system for urban sustainability planning in malaysia
publisher Environmental Management Society, Malaysia
publishDate 2009
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2282/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2282/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2282/1/Artikel_7_AhrisYaakup.pdf
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