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P. Fogliaroni, G. Navratil:
"Supporting Spatial Planning with Qualitative Configuration Analysis";
Talk: Real CORP 2013, Rom; 2013-05-20 - 2013-05-23; in: "Proceedings REAL CORP 2013 Tagungsband", M. Schrenk, V. Popovich, P. Zeile, P. Elisei (ed.); Eigenverlag des Vereins CORP, Schwechat (2013), ISBN: 978-3-9503110-4-4; Paper ID 79, 8 pages.

Today, spatial planning strongly relies on computerized Spatial Information Systems (SIS) which, thank to continuous improvements, provides increasingly better techniques for handling, visualizing, and analyzing quantitative (geometric or geographic) spatial data. An important typology of instruments today largely lacking in SIS is concerned with the management and analysis of qualitative spatial information. Indeed, although quantitative spatial information is necessary when it comes to precise computations, a qualitative approach is to be preferred in situations where preciseness is not necessary or even undesired. This is typically the case when it comes to the interaction with human beings. In this paper we outline an extension for a generic SIS that enables the system to handle qualitative spatial information and discuss how this can support spatial planning in several ways.

Today, spatial planning strongly relies on computerized Spatial Information Systems (SIS) which, thank to continuous improvements, provides increasingly better techniques for handling, visualizing, and analyzing quantitative (geometric or geographic) spatial data. An important typology of instruments today largely lacking in SIS is concerned with the management and analysis of qualitative spatial information. Indeed, although quantitative spatial information is necessary when it comes to precise computations, a qualitative approach is to be preferred in situations where preciseness is not necessary or even undesired. This is typically the case when it comes to the interaction with human beings. In this paper we outline an extension for a generic SIS that enables the system to handle qualitative spatial information and discuss how this can support spatial planning in several ways.

Qualitative reasoning, spatial planning, database

http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/PubDat_218257.pdf