Drake
Consultants specialize implementing high quality land use planning utilizing
decision modeling and multi-criteria, multi-objective methods for local communities or conservation
organizations.
Once constructed, these GIS based planning tools
allow customers to
continually update and refine their land use plan as new data becomes
available.
These tools make it easy to look at multiple planning scenarios
before committing resources. Planners, and the general public can provide input on which
factors to consider and how to weight those factors.
What is Multi-criteria, Multi-objective planning (MCMOP)
MCMOP planning allows many factors and viewpoints to be considered in the
planning process
MCMOP can be used as a tool to bring together divergent viewpoints
MCMOP allows user defined factors and weights for "What if" scenarios
that represent a diversity of viewpoints
MCMOP simultaneously considers and balances many
factors such as land and soil capability, important land uses, taxation
structures, and utility and service locations .
Specialized to allows communities, agencies and organizations of any
size to take advantage of high tech planning
tools with minimal training
