Hard clam (Mercenaria spp.) aquaculture in Florida, USA: geographic information system applications to lease site selection

Green mussel is one of important species cultured in Lada Bay, Pandeglang. To provide a necessary guidance regarding green mussel mariculture development, finding suitable site is an important step. This study was conducted to identify suitable site for green mussel mariculture development using geographic information system (GIS) based models. Seven important parameters were grouped into two submodels, namely environmental (water temperature, salinity, suspended solid, dissolve oxygen, and bathymetry) and infrastructural (distance to settlement and pond aquaculture). A constraint data was used to exclude the area from suitability maps that cannot be allowed to develop green mussel mariculture, including area of floating net fishing activity and area near electricity station. Analyses of factors and constraints indicated that about 31% of potential area with bottom depth less than 25 m had the most suitable area. This area was shown to have an ideal condition for green mussel mariculture in this study region. This study shows that GIS model is a powerful tool for site selection decision making. The tool can be a valuable tool in solving problems in local, regional, and/or continent areas.

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Geographic information system and multi-criteria decision analysis as an assessment method for landfill site selection

10.5194/egusphere-egu21-10769 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Chelsea Langa ◽

Jiajie Wang ◽

Kengo Nakamura ◽

Noriaki Watanabe ◽

Komai Takeshi

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Geographic Information System ◽

Site Selection ◽

Assessment Method ◽

Geographic Information ◽

Landfill Site Selection ◽

Maputo City ◽

Open Dumping ◽

Assessment And Monitoring ◽

Site Evaluation

<p>Municipal solid waste (MSM) has been increasingly difficult to deal with, especially for cities of developing countries. In these cities, the increase in waste generation leads to open dumping and the development of landfills without the consideration of environmental assessment and monitoring, which may result in environmental disturbance and risk to human health. Therefore, the main goal of this study was to access the adequacy of the placement of new landfills for Maputo city, Mozambique. The study used the geographic information system (GIS) based on a multi-criteria decision approach that combined environmental, social, and technical variables to aid in the assessment of potential landfill sites. Results indicate that approximately 50% of the area is suitable for landfill placement. A further on-site evaluation is important to validate the obtained results, nonetheless, this preliminary site selection can be integrated into the MSW landfill selection to optimize waste management.</p>

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Geographic Information System in a Multi-Criteria Tool for Mariculture Site Selection

Coastal Management ◽

10.1080/08920753.2014.985178 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 52-66 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Joana Micael ◽

Ana C. Costa ◽

Paula Aguiar ◽

António Medeiros ◽

Helena Calado

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Geographic Information System ◽

Site Selection ◽

Geographic Information

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Importance and Applications of GIS in Engineering

10.35940/ijse.b8008.051121 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 4-8

Author(s):

Ramesh Gomasa

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Geographic Information System ◽

Site Selection ◽

Geographic Information ◽

Soil Conditions ◽

Remotely Sensed Data ◽

Planning And Design ◽

Short Period ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Selection Of

Site selection is very important for any construction of structure and management. The appropriate site selection gives very good life and durability to the structure. Site selection is also improving quality of the structure and life of the structure. So, site selection is very important in of structures. In this, Geographic information system is a tool used for site selection of structure. Geographic information system is used to analyses and manipulate the spatially referenced data. It is also known as remotely sensed data or information. Geographic information system is giving a better output with in short period of time. So Geographic information system is most widely used now a days around the world. In recent developments attribute data are analysis by using Geographic information system. The selection of site depends on soil conditions, environmental conditions, weathering agencies etc. so proper planning and design of site selection is very important to make a structure in long life and increase the life span of the structure.

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