NDLI: GIS and multiple-criteria evaluation for the optimisation of tsetse fly eradication programmes

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Author	Symeonakis, Elias Robinson, Tim Drake, Nick
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	Tsetse flies are the vectors of trypanosomes, the causal agent of trypanosomiasis, a widespread disease of livestock and people in Africa. Control of tsetse may open vast areas of land to livestock-keeping, with the associated benefits of developing mixed crop-livestock production systems. However, as well as possible positive impacts there are also risks: bush clearing would accelerate and cattle numbers would rise, leading to a reduction of vegetation cover, and an increase in runoff and erosion; there may also be increased pressure on conserved areas and reductions in biodiversity. The objective of this study is to show how remotely sensed and other environmental data can be combined in a decision support system to help inform tsetse control programmes in a manner that could be used to limit possible detrimental effects of tsetse control. For Zambia, a methodology is developed that combines a tree-based decision-support approach with the use of Multiple-Criteria Evaluation (MCE), within a Geographical Information System (GIS), in order to target areas for tsetse control. The results show clear differentiation of priority areas under a series of hypothetical scenarios, and some areas (e.g. northwest of Petauke in the Eastern Province of Zambia) are consistently flagged as high priority for control. It is also demonstrated that priority areas do not comprise isolated tsetse populations, meaning that disease control using an integrated approach is likely to be more economically viable than local eradication.
Starting Page	89
Ending Page	103
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01676369
Journal	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Volume Number	124
Issue Number	1-3
e-ISSN	15732959
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2006-10-21
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Geographical information systems Multiple criteria evaluation Decision support Tsetse Trypanosomiasis Soil erosion Biodiversity Zambia Environmental Management Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Ecology Monitoring/Environmental Analysis/Environmental Ecotoxicology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Pollution Medicine Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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