GIS on tourism planning: preventing the impacts caused by the developing tourism activity in a specific site

Ramos, Célia M. Q.; Gomes, Mário Rui Fonseca dos Santos

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Ramos, Célia M. Q.

Gomes, Mário Rui Fonseca dos Santos

Abstract(s)

The environment is one of the greatest concerns of humankind. Nowadays, the activities which improve or destroy it must be assessed and controlled by efficient means which should permit the control of environmental impact caused by the development of these activities. This document presents an information system implementation, as a Decision Support system, allowing the Decision Maker to evaluate, foresee and control the future environmental impact of Tourism through consultation, the management and the presentation of decision schemes based on defined measures of a regional tourism planning.

Keywords

Database Management Systems Decision Support Systems Geographical Information Systems Tourism planning Information systems implementation Environmental impacts of tourism