Alexandre Repetti|Gilles Desthieux
A Relational Indicatorset Model for urban land-use planning and management: Methodological approach and application in two case studies
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne|École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
urban landuse planning management constant mutation throughout world sustainability goal use indicators land auditing monitoring becoming demand classical approaches elaborate core sets indicators picking relevant elements exhaustive lists recently structured research approaches consider set indicators whole following concepts systemics highlighting strengths weaknesses sets starting principle relevance indicator due intrinsic qualities also placement relationships indicators collection paper proposes systemic method named relational indicatorset model rim elaboration set indicators management support rim method starts priori definitions goals users purpose rimobjectives chooses indicators reflect objectives representing distribution indicators relational graph rim graph graph modeling allows analyzing match indicatorset defined objectives well interrelationships indicators analysis made easier breaking rim graph following two projections first one rim4d highlights distribution indicators multidimensional graph respect objectives second one rimir focuses interrelationships offers possibility formalizing causal interactions aggregational relationships indicators following qualitative approach rim applied design sets spatial nonspatial indicators cities thies senegal geneva switzerland emphasize potential method opens interesting possibilities application sets indicators sustainable landuse development also contributes creation observatories city management instruments used monitor control urban sustainable development