AEZWIN, an interactive multiple-criteria analysis tool for land resources appraisal /

Table Of Contents:

Introduction 1(3)

Methodological Background 3(6)

AEZ information flow 4(5)

Structure of the DSS 9(2)

Software Installation 11(2)

Hardware requirements 11(1)

Installation procedure 11(2)

User's Guide to AEZWIN 13(6)

Invoking AEZWIN 13(1)

Menu system 13(3)

LP-DIT format files generator 16(3)

Exploring AEZ 19(14)

Exploring the land resources inventory 19(4)

Generating yield tables 23(1)

Land productivity assessment 24(9)

The land use allocation model (LUAM) 33(12)

The AEZ core model generator 33(1)

Decision variables 34(1)

Outcome variables 34(1)

The AEZ core model constraint set 35(3)

The scenario control file 38(7)

Tutorial Guide for AEZWIN 45(26)

On-line help 45(2)

Preparing for land productivity assessment 47(3)

Creating a district land productivity database 50(2)

Interactive multi-criteria model analysis 52(16)

Continuing the district analysis 68(3)

Troubleshooting 71(2)

Availability of software and documentation 73(2)

Conclusion 75(2)
REFERENCES 77(2)
Annex 1 Coding schemes: Kenya case study 79(11)

Kenya district codes 79(1)

Crop coding scheme 80(2)

Agricultural commodities coding scheme 82(1)

Aggregate commodity groups 83(1)

Thermal zone coding 83(1)

LGP-pattern coding 84(1)

Length of growing periods 84(1)

Cash crop area coding 85(1)

Forest land coding 85(1)

Irrigation scheme coding 85(1)

Park land coding 86(1)

Tsetse area coding 86(1)

Slope class coding 86(1)

Soil texture coding 86(1)

Coarse material coding 87(1)

Soil phase coding 87(1)

Soil unit coding 87(3)

Livestock zones coding 90