What do we know about decision support systems for landscape and environmental management? A review and expert survey within EU research projects

The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the IS/ DSS tools in the field of agriculture, landscape and environmental management developed within research projects funded by the European Union (EU), assessing common specifications and functionalities of the knowledge transfer, including users interaction during the development, and identifying future development approaches. To this end, a structured review of IS/DSS tools developed during the last ten years as well as a survey among tool developers is carried out. The overall objective is to contribute to the better design of IS/DSS focused on agriculture, landscape and environmental management.