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Hierarchies of sustainability in a catchment

Neil Dunstan

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    Abstract

    This paper investigates notions of sustainability in a catchment area represented by a multidimensional spatial data set. Predictive catchment Land Use, Cover and Change (LUCC) models simulate the environmental and economic effects of land use over time. These predictions can be used to form a data cube of aggregated data tables, where the aggregation measures indicate issues of sustainability across different data dimensions and at different levels of summarization. As well as a global (or catchment-wide) concept of sustainability, measures of sustainability can be provided by region, farmer, land use, and other data dimensions. A hierarchy of sustainability is apparent when data dimensions are hierarchical.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationSustainable Development and Planning IV - Proceedings of Sustainable Development 2009: Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Devlopment and Planning
    EditorsCA Brebbia, E Beriatos, M Neophytou, I Ioannou, AG Kungolos
    Place of PublicationSouthampton, United Kingdom
    PublisherWIT Press
    Pages635-642
    Volume1
    ISBN (Print)9781845644246, 9781845641818, 1845644247, 1845641817
    Publication statusPublished - 2009
    EventSustainable Development 2009: Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Devlopment and Planning - Cyprus
    Duration: 13 May 200915 May 2009

    Conference

    ConferenceSustainable Development 2009: Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Devlopment and Planning
    CityCyprus
    Period13/05/0915/05/09

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 15 - Life on Land
      SDG 15 Life on Land

    Keywords

    • Decision Support and Group Support Systems
    • Environmental Management

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