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Design and Implementation of an Environmental Decision Support System: tools, attributes and challenges
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2014
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This paper presents the approach and findings related to the implementation of an Environmental
Decision Support System (EDSS), designed to assist the Moroccan national decision makers, in
particular, in their evaluation of the state of the environment, and in their approach to sustainable
development and environmental policymaking. We describe the background of the environmental
situation in Morocco and the need that drives the development of an EDSS. The EDSS offers a
number of salient features and attributes that help with framing the decision making process,
ranging from the management and monitoring of indicators, modelling of environmental problems
using a knowledge-based approach, uncertainty handling using fuzzy logic, dissemination of
information with the society, as well as stakeholder involvement. The description of these features
is linked to the main system components and tools. We also discuss some of the major challenges
we faced during the different project phases in spite of the recognized importance of the EDSS for
environmental management and evaluation at the highest levels. We discuss the perhaps most
problematic set of challenges, namely elicitation of the requirements, scarcity of data and
knowledge, and failure to define clear criteria to frame the selection of relevant indicators.