Other Resources
Tool Surveys
PlaceMatters Community Design and Decision Making Tools Database
The National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry Decision Support Systems Inventory
NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center Inventory of GIS-Based Decision-Support Tools for MPAs
USFS Decision Support Systems for Ecosystem Management: An Evaluation of Existing Systems
NetCoast Simulation Models and Modeling Systems Related to Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Environmental Law Institute Watershed Initiatives and Decision Support Tools
EPA Inventory of Environmental Models
Oregon State University Davey Jones' Locker of Marine and Coastal GIS Resources including a Marine and Coastal GIS Software page
NOAA Coastal Services Center Social Science for Coastal Management Website
Other Tool Resources
MESSINA Guide to Integrating the Shoreline into Spatial Policies
Managing European Shoreline and Sharing Information on Nearshore Areas (MESSINA) has developed a Practical Guide "Integrating the shoreline into spatial policies" which provides a synthesis of the results of MESSINA partners' activity devoted to the prototyping of Coastal Geographic Information Systems (GIS) on three coastal sites in Europe. It is intended to help local stakeholders and coastal engineers willing to implement a coastal GIS dedicated to shoreline management with a set of methodologies, tools, best solutions described with their context, cost and limitations. Learn more.
Learning from Case Studies to Advance Decision Support for Ecosystem-based Management: Meeting Summary, Advice & Needs
In October 2006, The Nature Conservancy hosted a group of 35 practitioners and managers to examine case studies where decision support tools have been used to jointly account for objectives in fisheries, coastal hazards, energy, and conservation. These case studies focused on tools, methods and approaches that could advance ecosystem-based management by explicitly accounting for multiple objectives in a decision support framework. This document contains a summary of the meeting focused on the advice and needs for the advancement of tools to inform ecosystem-based management. Learn more.
European Conferences for Integrated Coastal Management and Geo-Information Research
The European Conferences for Integrated Coastal Management and Geo-Information Research (ECO-IMAGINE) is a series of 8 events on the complementarity between integrated coastal management (ICM) and geospatial information (GI) and GIS. Proceedings from past conferences on GI and GIS for ICM (May 13-15, 2004), Coastal Governance, Planning and Design and GI (Nov. 16-20, 2004), Waterfront Management and GI (May 31-June 6, 2005; Nov. 14-18, 2006), Coastal Governance, Planning and Design and GI (Nov. 21-26, 2005), and Building Coastal Knowledge and GI (June 13-17, 2006) are available online. Learn more.
Using Metadata Standards to Achieve Data Interoperability
In June 2006, the Bedford Institute of Oceanography hosted a workshop on Using Metadata Standards to Achieve Data Interoperability for Integrated and Ecosystem-Based Management. The Workshop was organized into three sessions on metadata: Relevance and Application; Discovery and Interoperability; and Authority and Accessibility. Learn more.
GIS and Ocean Mapping in Support of Fisheries Research and Management Conference
In April, 2006, MIT Sea Grant hosted the GIS and Ocean Mapping in Support of Fisheries Research and Management Conference to provide a forum to focus on the use of ocean mapping to support fisheries management and research. Learn more.
Mapping Human Activity in the Marine Environment: GIS Tools and Participatory Methods Workshop
In November-December, 2005, NOAA hosted Mapping Human Activity in the Marine Environment: GIS Tools and Participatory Methods Workshop to develop general design criteria for a practical participatory method or a suite of methods to collect spatial data on human use patterns to inform local and regional MPA planning processes. Learn more.
Workshop on Ecosystem-Based Decision Support Tools for Fisheries Management
In February, 2005, NOAA hosted the Workshop on Ecosystem-Based Decision Support Tools for Fisheries Management to produce an integrated overview and needs assessment of science in support of ecosystem approaches to fisheries. Learn more.
Workshop on GIS Tools Supporting Ecosystem Approaches to Management
In September, 2004, NOAA hosted the Workshop on GIS Tools Supporting Ecosystem Approaches to Management to explore the state-of-the-art and future requirements for GIS tools supporting ecosystem-based fishery management. Learn more.
