Building a decision support system for agricultural land use planning and sustainable management at the district level in Vietnam [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Man Quang Huy

Building a Decision Support System for Agricultural Land Use Planning and Sustainable Management at the District Level in Vietnam Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultäten der Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen vorgelegt von Man Quang Huy aus Ha Bac, Vietnam Göttingen 2009 Referent: Prof. Dr. Martin Kappas Korreferent: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gerold Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 25.01.2010 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS During my PhD study at department of Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing of Geographical Institute at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, I received support from many colleagues and friends. This thesis is the most important work of my PhD research which would not have been finished without help and cooperation of many individuals and organizations. I would like to express here my sincere thanks to them all. First of all, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my supervisor, Professor. Dr. Martin Kappas, who guided me in my research work by providing valuable advice. His feedbacks have been extremely helpful in improving this thesis. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Stefan Erasmi for discussions, suggestions and occasionally technical support at various stages of this study. I would like to thank Msc.