WIND-STORM: A Decision Support System for the Strategic Management of Windthrow Crises by the Forest Community

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wind damage; crisis management

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[en] Storms are one of the most damaging agents for European forests and can cause huge and long-term economic impacts on the forest sector. Recent events and research have contributed to a better understanding and management of destructive storms, but public authorities still lack appropriate decision-support tools for evaluating their strategic decisions in the aftermath of a storm. This paper presents a decision support system (DSS) that compares changes in the dynamics of the regional forest-based sector after storm events under various crisis management options. First, the development and implementation of a regional forest model is addressed; then, the potential application of the model-based DSS WIND-STORM is illustrated. The results of simulated scenarios reveal that this DSS type is useful for designing a cost-effective regional strategy for storm-damage management in the context of scarce public resources and that public strategies must encompass the whole forest-based sector to be efficient. Additional benefits of such a DSS is to bring together decision-makers and forest stakeholders for a common objective and therefore to enhance participatory approaches to crisis management.

Disciplines :

Environmental sciences & ecology

Author, co-author :

Riguelle, Simon ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Form. doct. sc. agro. & ingé. biol.

Hebert, Jacques ; Université de Liège > Ingénierie des biosystèmes (Biose) > Gestion des ressources forestières et des milieux naturels

Jourez, Benoît ; Université de Liège > Ingénierie des biosystèmes (Biose) > Gestion des ressources forestières et des milieux naturels

Language :

English

Title :

WIND-STORM: A Decision Support System for the Strategic Management of Windthrow Crises by the Forest Community

Publication date :

29 September 2015

Journal title :

Forests

ISSN :

1999-4907

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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland

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Pages :

3412-3432

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http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/6/10/3412

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