SSM
SITES is an analytical toolbox for ecoregional conservation planning. It was developed as a reserve-siting tool for regional conservation analysis where the objective is to achieve specified levels of protection for a list of biodiversity elements (e.g., species, habitat types, or plant communities) as efficiently as possible in terms of cost or area. SITES differs from most other reserve selection models in explicitly incorporating spatial design criteria into the site selection process. With this tool, the user creates a portfolio design of potential reserve sites given competing social and economic demands for land and water. The model calculates the portfolio cost for each potential solution and uses simulated annealing to search for the best (least costly) set of sites that collectively achieve the desired level of protection for all biodiversity elements. The user can run the model with 100s of different scenarios and look at different outcomes and patterns in outcomes to determine which properties are most critical to preserve.
Stoms, D.M. 2001. Integrating Biodiversity into Land Use Planning. Paper Presented at APA 2001 National Planning Conference, New Orleans, LA. [http://www.asu.edu/caed/proceedings01/STOMS/stoms.htm]Hugh Possingham et al. 2000. Mathematical methods for identifying representative reserve networks. [http://www.ecology.uq.edu.au/links/CH17Reprint.pdf]
http://www.biogeog.ucsb.edu/projects/tnc/toolbox.html (External Link)
Biodiversity Conservation
Ecological Restoration
Ecosystem Management
Fish And Wildlife Management
Forest Management
Land Use Planning
Alternative Evaluation
Reserve System
Site Search Or Selection
Washington Ecoregional Planning Model
Conservation Of Biodiversity
Decision Modeling
Land Use Allocation
Landscape Analysis And Modeling
Socioeconomic System Modeling
Alternative Generation
Condition Analysis And Assessment
Evaluation Criteria Specification
Rank Alternatives
Scenario Simulation And Comparison
Specify Criterion Weight
Optimization Methods
Simulated Annealing
Trade-Off Analysis
Data Management
GIS Analysis Integration
GIS Display Integration
Scenario Management And Comparison
Biophysical Process
Economic Process
User Defined Process
All (User Defined Analysis Extent)
Regional Extent
Subregional Extent
Subregion
Forest Management Classes
Species Diversity
Species Viability
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Windows 2000
Windows 95/98
Windows NT
Windows XP
Arcview
SITES 1.0 is a customized ArcView 3.2 project that facilitates designing and analyzing alternative portfolios. The software uses the Site Selection Module (SSM, adapted from SPEXAN 3.0, Spatially Explicit Annealing) to select regionally representative systems of nature reserves for conservation of biodiversity.
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Free
Regularly Distributed
Donald Bren School Of Environmental Science And Management , University Of California, Santa Barbara
National Commission On Science For Sustainable Forestry
Frank W. Davis
Software Tools And Models - All
Spatial Decision Support Systems
9/9/2009
Decision Model
Evaluative Models
Simulation Models
Alternative Ranking, Decision Making
Condition Analysis And Assessment
Decision Alternatives Generation, Scenario Simulation
Spatial Decision Support Systems