Agricultural
Planning in Arid Zones with SIGs:
Estiara*SIG.
R. Ayala, et al.
Proceedings
of the 13th
International Congress on Agricultural Engineering. Bartali E.H. eds.,
Vol 1, pp. 581-590, ISBN 9981-1887-1-9.
Abstract
The
main objective of the work has been to carry out an exhaustive
analysis of the factors involved in rural planning, identifying the
most
important agricultural possibilities and risks related to the province
of
Almeria. The most relevant result of this project has been the
development of a
decision support system for agricultural planning. The main stages in
the
creation of this system were: Information preparation, Data
integration, Construction
of ESTIARA*SIG exploitation tool, Exploitation of the information in
the
Ministry of Agriculture of the government of Andalusia, and its
updating in
FIAPA/University of Almeria. Some examples of the use of the tool are
centered
in the determination of the zones with least agricultural resources,
identification of optimum areas for the development of intensive
agriculture
and determination of fire danger areas. Finally, we are researching
into the
development of simulation models and their incorporation to the system,
modeling different evolution processes (forest repopulating), resources
use
(alternatives of water utilization) and diffusion (pollution processes).
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