Introducing a group spatial decision support system for use in strategic environmental assessment of onshore wind farm development in Mexico

Diez-Rodríguez, JJ, Fischer, TB ORCID: 0000-0003-1436-1221 and Di Zio, S (2019) Introducing a group spatial decision support system for use in strategic environmental assessment of onshore wind farm development in Mexico. Journal of Cleaner Production, 220. pp. 1239-1254.

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Abstract

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd In this paper we introduce a method for potential use in strategic environmental assessment (SEA) which integrates knowledge and tools of Collective Intelligence, Complexity Theory and Geoprospective, via the implementation of a technological Group-Spatial Decision Support System (GSDSS), usable for scenario building for infrastructure project planning. It operates on the basis of interdisciplinary consensus of a multidisciplinary group of experts, without strict dependency on a spatial analysis based on a single cognitive stance, using existing historical data. The method is used in a study case on planning of onshore wind energy in Mexico, which has been developed through a collaborative Geoweb application, and is functioning in a distributed and asynchronous real-time way, so-called Geospatial System of Collective Intelligence (SIGIC). The significance of this research lies in demonstrating the feasibility of a collective intelligence analysis aimed at proposing spatial locations in an energy transition context within an SEA framework.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Strategic Environmental Assessment, Renewable energy, Wind energy, Mexico, GSDSS, Real Time Spatial Delphi
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	09 Mar 2021 10:52
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 22:57
DOI:	10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.154
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3116832