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This chapter explores a GIS-based performance metric for designing a low energy agriculture system in the City of Atlanta. A framework of a planning support system (PSS) is proposed, which contains dimensions of representation, performance and scenario planning. The specific PSS demonstrated how a performance-oriented urban design decision model reorganizes fragmented information and turns them into useful representational layers, analyses of performance measures, and scenario planning for making design decisions.
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Quan, S.J., Minter, J.D., Yang, P.PJ. (2013). A GIS-Based Performance Metrics for Designing a Low Energy Urban Agriculture System. In: Geertman, S., Toppen, F., Stillwell, J. (eds) Planning Support Systems for Sustainable Urban Development. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, vol 195. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37533-0_13
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