User-driven design of decision support systems for polycentric environmental resources management

Open and decentralized technologies such as the Internet provide increasing opportunities to create knowledge and deliver computer-based decision support for multiple types of users across scales. However, environmental decision support systems/tools (henceforth EDSS) are often strongly science-driv...

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Main Authors: Zulkafli, Zed, Perez, Katya, Vitolo, Claudia, Buytaert, Wouter, Karpouzoglou, Timothy, Dewulf, Art, Bièvre, Bert De, Clark, Julian, Hannah, David M., Shaheed, Simrita
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63654/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63654/1/User-driven%20design%20of%20decision%20support%20systems%20for%20polycentric%20environmental%20resources%20management.pdf
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author Zulkafli, Zed
Perez, Katya
Vitolo, Claudia
Buytaert, Wouter
Karpouzoglou, Timothy
Dewulf, Art
Bièvre, Bert De
Clark, Julian
Hannah, David M.
Shaheed, Simrita
author_facet Zulkafli, Zed
Perez, Katya
Vitolo, Claudia
Buytaert, Wouter
Karpouzoglou, Timothy
Dewulf, Art
Bièvre, Bert De
Clark, Julian
Hannah, David M.
Shaheed, Simrita
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description Open and decentralized technologies such as the Internet provide increasing opportunities to create knowledge and deliver computer-based decision support for multiple types of users across scales. However, environmental decision support systems/tools (henceforth EDSS) are often strongly science-driven and assuming single types of decision makers, and hence poorly suited for more decentralized and polycentric decision making contexts. In such contexts, EDSS need to be tailored to meet diverse user requirements to ensure that it provides useful (relevant), usable (intuitive), and exchangeable (institutionally unobstructed) information for decision support for different types of actors. To address these issues, we present a participatory framework for designing EDSS that emphasizes a more complete understanding of the decision making structures and iterative design of the user interface. We illustrate the application of the framework through a case study within the context of water-stressed upstream/downstream communities in Lima, Peru.
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spelling upm-636542018-11-07T08:30:59Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63654/ User-driven design of decision support systems for polycentric environmental resources management Zulkafli, Zed Perez, Katya Vitolo, Claudia Buytaert, Wouter Karpouzoglou, Timothy Dewulf, Art Bièvre, Bert De Clark, Julian Hannah, David M. Shaheed, Simrita Open and decentralized technologies such as the Internet provide increasing opportunities to create knowledge and deliver computer-based decision support for multiple types of users across scales. However, environmental decision support systems/tools (henceforth EDSS) are often strongly science-driven and assuming single types of decision makers, and hence poorly suited for more decentralized and polycentric decision making contexts. In such contexts, EDSS need to be tailored to meet diverse user requirements to ensure that it provides useful (relevant), usable (intuitive), and exchangeable (institutionally unobstructed) information for decision support for different types of actors. To address these issues, we present a participatory framework for designing EDSS that emphasizes a more complete understanding of the decision making structures and iterative design of the user interface. We illustrate the application of the framework through a case study within the context of water-stressed upstream/downstream communities in Lima, Peru. Elsevier 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63654/1/User-driven%20design%20of%20decision%20support%20systems%20for%20polycentric%20environmental%20resources%20management.pdf Zulkafli, Zed and Perez, Katya and Vitolo, Claudia and Buytaert, Wouter and Karpouzoglou, Timothy and Dewulf, Art and Bièvre, Bert De and Clark, Julian and Hannah, David M. and Shaheed, Simrita (2017) User-driven design of decision support systems for polycentric environmental resources management. Environmental Modelling & Software, 88 (1). 58 - 73. ISSN 1364-8152 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364815216308799 10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.10.012
spellingShingle Zulkafli, Zed
Perez, Katya
Vitolo, Claudia
Buytaert, Wouter
Karpouzoglou, Timothy
Dewulf, Art
Bièvre, Bert De
Clark, Julian
Hannah, David M.
Shaheed, Simrita
User-driven design of decision support systems for polycentric environmental resources management
title User-driven design of decision support systems for polycentric environmental resources management
title_full User-driven design of decision support systems for polycentric environmental resources management
title_fullStr User-driven design of decision support systems for polycentric environmental resources management
title_full_unstemmed User-driven design of decision support systems for polycentric environmental resources management
title_short User-driven design of decision support systems for polycentric environmental resources management
title_sort user-driven design of decision support systems for polycentric environmental resources management
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63654/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63654/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63654/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63654/1/User-driven%20design%20of%20decision%20support%20systems%20for%20polycentric%20environmental%20resources%20management.pdf