Citation

Zucca A, Sharifi AM, Fabbri AG. J. Environ. Manage. 2008; 88(4): 752-769.

Affiliation

DISAT, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milan, Italy. antonella.zucca@unimib.it

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.04.026

PMID

17888564

Abstract

This contribution discusses a site selection process for establishing a local park. It was supported by a value-focused approach and spatial multi-criteria evaluation techniques. A first set of spatial criteria was used to design a number of potential sites. Next, a new set of spatial and non-spatial criteria was employed, including the social functions and the financial costs, together with the degree of suitability for the park to evaluate the potential sites and to recommend the most acceptable one. The whole process was facilitated by a new software tool that supports spatial multiple criteria evaluation, or SMCE. The application of this tool, combined with a continual feedback by the public administration, has provided an effective methodology to solve complex decisional problem in land-use and urban planning.

Language: en