Steve Carver

TL;DR: This chapter discusses the evolution of computer methods for the Handling of Spatial Data, and the role that modelling systems thinking and GIS have in this evolution.

TL;DR: In this article, the potential and actual benefits of online spatial decision support systems in the UK through a real environmental decision support problem in a village in northern England is discussed, and a case-study example of an online public participation GIS from inception to the final phase in a public participation process is provided.

TL;DR: Two case studies in developing web-based public participation GIS (PPGIS), one local and one regional, are described in detail and conclusions are drawn about principles of on-line PPGIS and problems associated with public participation, user interaction, and familiarity with IT, copyright issues, access to the Internet, and relevant political structures.

TL;DR: In this paper, a robust and repeatable method for mapping wildness in support of decisions about planning, policy and management in protected landscapes is presented, based around the application of high resolution data and GIS models to map four attributes of wildness: perceived naturalness of land cover, absence of modern human artefacts in the landscape, rugged and challenging nature of the terrain, and remoteness from mechanised access.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated how various stakeholders perceive the delivery of ES supply bundles across different landscapes and how this differs from the ES demand bundles they request, and concluded that stakeholders experience different mismatches between the supply and demand of ES, potentially leading to stakeholder conflicts in landscape management.