Development of a participatory virtual studio for ecological planning: a case study of wildfire simulation in ecological planning.

Zhao Yibin.Thesis submitted in: November 2001.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 103-111).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Abstract --- p.IACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.VTable of Contents --- p.VIIIList of Tables --- p.IXList of Figures --- p.XChapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 1.1 --- Research background and problem statement --- p.1Chapter 1.2 --- Research objectives --- p.6Chapter 1.3 --- Methodology --- p.7Chapter 1.4 --- Significance of this study --- p.9Chapter 1.5 --- Organization of the thesis --- p.10Chapter Chapter 2 --- "Literature review: wildfire behavior simulation, Web GIS and public participation GIS" --- p.11Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.11Chapter 2.2 --- Investigating wildfire behavior --- p.12Chapter 2.3 --- Modeling wildfire with GIS --- p.20Chapter 2.4 --- Emergence of the Web GIS --- p.27Chapter 2.5 --- New agenda from public participation --- p.28Chapter 2.6 --- Summary --- p.31Chapter Chapter 3 --- System design: requirements analysis and feasibility analysis --- p.34Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.34Chapter 3.2 --- Analysis of functions requirement --- p.35Chapter 3.3 --- A host of solutions --- p.41Chapter 3.4 --- Summary --- p.52Chapter Chapter 4 --- Simulating the wildfire --- p.53Chapter 4.1 --- Physical Setting of experiment area and data preparation --- p.53Chapter 4.2 --- Adaptation and formularization of the Rothermel's fire behavior model --- p.60Chapter 4.3 --- Fire spreading algorithm --- p.66Chapter 4.4 --- Defining wildfire with Object Oriented Design (OOD) method --- p.71Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.74Chapter Chapter 5 --- Participation process with interactive tools empowered by IT technologies --- p.76Chapter 5.1 --- Comprehending the problem in an interactive way --- p.76Chapter 5.2 --- Performing wildfire simulation --- p.81Chapter 5.3 --- Submitting of end users comments --- p.84Chapter 5.4 --- Discussion bulletin board --- p.94Chapter 5.5 --- Summary --- p.96Chapter Chapter 6 --- Discussions and conclusions --- p.98Chapter 6.1 --- Research limitations and discussions --- p.98Chapter 6.2 --- Conclusions --- p.99BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.103Appendix 1 .Defining MapService with ArcXML --- p.112Appendix 2.Defining MapNotes with ArcXML --- p.11