Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers Creation-Date: 1997-07-03 Number: 97-074/3 Author-Name: Peter Nijkamp Author-Email: pnijkamp@feweb.vu.nl Author-Name: Hans Ouwersloot Author-Workplace-Name: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Title: A Decision Support System for Regional Sustainable Development: The Flag Model Abstract: This paper presents a new approach to the analysis of spatial sustainability, with a particular view on agriculture. After a methodological introduction, a new tool - the so-called Flag model - is introduced in order to assess the degree of sustainability of various policy alternatives. The model is tested by means of a case study for the island of Lesvos, Greece. File-Url: https://papers.tinbergen.nl/97074.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Size: 143268 bytes Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:19970074