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Alternative Evaluation

In a classic planning process, a set of management alternatives is usually developed so as to span the decision space. Typically, the range of alternatives to be considered is influenced in part by a status assessment that provides context for the problem, and in part by consideration of desired outcomes that the plan is intended to address. An alternative (no pun intended) approach to specifying a set of alternatives is to interactively evolve a single alternative over time. In either case, though, a key step in alternative evaluation is to specify a methodology by which alternatives are to be evaluated. Formal procedures such as multicriteria decision models are typically used in order to make the evaluation process as repeatable and transparent as possible.

Related Case Studies

scenario evaluation

Parent Categories

CMP Open Standards For The Practice Of Conservation

Open Space Protection And Land Conservation Process Workflow

Urban Planning Process

Related Tools

Forecasting Methods

Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Uncertainty Methods

Related Planning/Decision Process Workflows

AHP In Arcgis

AHP-OWA In Arcgis

Biodiversity Management Area Selection (BMAS)

Communityviz

Conservation Assessment And Prioritization System (CAPS)

C-Plan

Criterium Decision Plus (CDP)

DEFINITE

Desert Tortoise Recovery Spatial Decision Support System (Version 1)

Desert Tortoise Recovery Spatial Decision Support System (Version 2)

Desert Tortoise Recovery Spatial Decision Support System (Version 3)

Ecosystem Functions Model (HEC_EFM)

Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS)

EZ-IMPACT

Habplan

HARVEST

IDRISI

INDEX

Land-Use Change And Analysis System (LUCAS)

Marine Reserve And Local Fisheries Interactive Simulation

MARXAN / SPEXAN

MARXAN With Zones

Multi-Resource Land Allocation Model (MRLAM)

NED

Netica

Protected Area Tools (PAT)

Refuge GAP

Regional Ecosystem And Land Management Decision Support System (RELM)

Remsoft Spatial Planning System

Restore

Riverware

Simlab

Simulating Patterns And Processes At Landscape Scales (SIMPPLLE)

Sites/Site Selection Module (SSM)

Spectrum

Tool For Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analyses (TELSA)

Townsquare

TPL Greenprint

Vista

What If?

Zonae Cogito

Related Tools

Baltimore Reservoirs Forest Conservation Plan

Boise-Payette-Sawtooth National Forest Plan

Forest And Wildlife Modeling With LANDIS

Oregon Coastal Landscape Analysis Project

Summit County Lower Blue Subbasin Master Plan

Willamette Basin Alternative Futures Analysis

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Planning

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Keith Reynolds

Last Updated

8/24/2008

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