Assessment of a multi-objective decision support system generated land use plan on forest fodder dependency in a Himalayan watershed

Resource Utilization Pattern with Special Reference to Fodder and Fuel in Village Shahdarah Sharief, District Rajouri (J&K)

“…It was found that consumption of kerosene oil was nil. Total fuel consumption in study area (Kcal/month) was calculated to be 17.2x10 5 kcal/month, which is very low as reported (111.49x10 6 kcal/month) by Kumar (2002) 16 in Dandasar village of district Rajouri.…”

“…Significant work on resource utilization pattern in Himalayan states of India has been conducted by various workers 4,5,6,7 and some studies have also been reported from Northwestern Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir 8,9,10 . Due to exploitation of huge quantities of fuel and fodder resources, there is a detrimental impact on the forests which results in deforestation, erratic rainfall, soil erosion, loss of habitat, loss of biodiversity etc.…”

A Multi-Objective Spatial Optimization Method for Land Use Allocation in High Flood Risk Areas

“…The environmental goals lie in the conservation of reservoir water quality and the economic goals focus on the rewards from various uses of land within the watershed. Raizada et al (2008) [14] used multi-objective optimization techniques in a Central Himalayan watershed on forest fodder dependency for meeting fodder requirements of livestock in the watershed. Alternate land use plans were developed for optimizing four objective functions.…”

Computerised Decision Support Systems for the management of freshwater radioecological emergencies: assessment of the state-of-the-art with respect to the experiences and needs of end-users

“…Such an assessment requires the management of a great deal of data and information as well as the use of models and methodologies. Computerised Decision Support Systems (CDSS) are the response to these needs (Appelgren et al, 1996;Argent et al, 2009;Raizada et al, 2008;Sojda, 2007).…”