Despite the perceived value of DSS in informing environmental and natural resource
management, DSS tools often fail to be adopted by intended end users. By drawing together …

Ecosystem services (ES) analyses are increasingly used to address societal challenges, but
too often are not accompanied by uncertainty assessment. This omission limits the validity of …

Stakeholder involvement can serve to increase the quality of decision support systems
(DSSs) and increase the perceived legitimacy of DSS outputs. Involving those who are …

Due to globally rising food demand and the scarcity and depletion of natural resources,
agricultural productivity and environmental conservation need to be managed …

Land use decisions result from complex deliberative processes and fundamentally influence
the livelihoods of many. These decisions are made based on quantitatively measurable …

The use of science-based tools for impact assessment has increasingly gained focus in
addressing the complexity of interactions between environment, society, and economy. For …

Decision support system (DSS) tools are rather popular in the literature on water resources
management. The European Project “Splash” conducted a survey of the literature and of …

Modelling is an important tool for understanding the complexity of forest ecosystems and the
variety of interactions of ecosystem components, processes and values. This book describes …

After more than a century of intensive changes in the state's agricultural watersheds,
repeated record floods motivated Iowa to innovate in its flood recovery and disaster …

Spatial planners around the world need to make climate change adaptation plans. Climate
adaptation planning requires combining spatial information with stakeholder values. This …