Multi-Level Modeling for Incorporating Public Perceptions into Comprehensive Planning: Door County Example

This paper describes the main components of a decision support system for community development that enhances the appreciative capabilities of policy-making groups by aiding them in effective use of available expert knowledge, integration of relevant information in problem analysis, and formulation of policy options and evaluation of alternatives for problem resolution. The components of this system are a generic community development model, a problem structuring algorithm, and a situational system dynamics model. This paper is dedicated first, to a methodological approach, with sections following on the generic model, and guidelines for structuring/ customization in developing a situational model. Finally, implementation results are given for a planning exercise in Door County, Wisconsin.