Bioenergy Atlas of Australia An online Geographic Information System and Decision Support System
Date
2002
Authors
Bugg, Adrian L.
Nuberg, Ian Kinloch
Keenan, Rod
Zimmermann, Lyndon Craig
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The online Bioenergy Atlas of Australia
(http://www.brs.gov.au/bioenergy_atlas/) is
a new and exciting tool to assist in planning
an emerging bioenergy industry. It brings
together the best available data and information
at the time of the study – on existing and
potential resources, industry and infrastructure
- and presents this using state of the art online
GIS technology. The Atlas will provide greater
availability and accessibility of information on
existing and potential bioenergy resources
in Australia. The project was undertaken collaboratively
by the University of Adelaide and
Bureau of Rural Sciences in conjunction with
the Australian Greenhouse Office and the Joint
Venture Agroforestry Program.
The Atlas has two main components: a Geographic
Information System (GIS) that provides
on-line mapping and query capabilities; and a
Decision Support System (DSS) that is used to
perform pre-determined analyses. A user can
identify the location and extent of bioenergy
resources that meet specified criteria using the
DSS, for example processing residues within
50 kilometres of major roads and population
centres. In addition to the national GIS and DSS,
more detailed information (where available) is
provided for the Lachlan and Goulburn-Broken
catchments of south-eastern Australia. Further
development and update of the Atlas in consultation
with users is envisaged to include other
relevant bioenergy industry data and information
for various regions across Australia.
School/Discipline
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine : Agricultural and Animal Science