Welcome to Spatial Decision Support Systems for Maritime Spatial Panning

Description:

Maritime Spatial Planning is a complicated process balancing different uses of the sea without making severe impacts on the environment.

The aim of this PhD course is to introduce the PhD students to various methodologies for spatial decisions support, give them an overview of existing systems, and discuss relevant evaluation criteria and decision alternatives in the context of maritime spatial planning.

The PhD course is closely related to the BONUS BASMATI research project, and will include experiences and preliminary results from the project.

 

The course will cover the following topics:

  • Introduction to spatial decision support systems
  • Evaluation criteria and decision alternatives
  • Data handling and quality assessment
  • Weighting methods
  • Sensitivity analysis in multi-criteria decision making
  • Location and allocation problems using multiple criteria analysis
  • Collaborative decision making
  • Knowledge about appropriate software
  • The role of decision support systems in maritime spatial planning
  • Cumulative impact assessment
  • Case studies – feedback on students work

 

Before the course each PhD student must deliver a description of their PhD work and scientific reflections on their potential use of spatial decision support systems (max 2 A4 pages).

 

After the course the PhD students must submit a draft paper (4-6 pages) on their own use of spatial decision support systems.

Organizer: Prof. Henning Sten Hansen (AAU) & Senior researcher Kerstin Schiele (IOW) Germany

Lecturers: Henning Sten Hansen, Kerstin Schiele, Carsten Kessler, Jamal Jokar, and Lise Schrøder and key note speakers to be confirmed.

ECTS: 5

Time: 20 - 22 August 2018, starting at 9 o'clock

Place: Aalborg University Copenhagen, A.C. Meyers Vænge 15, room 2.1.042

Zip code: DK-2450

City: 
Copenhagen

Number of seats:15

Deadline: 1 August 2018

Important information concerning PhD courses
 We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 5,000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately three months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.