Fort Benning Land-Use Planning and Management Study

• Main Authors: Waring, Michael R, Teaford, James W, Allen, Hollis H, Goeller, Thomas G, Schultz, Kevin L
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Subjects: ALLOCATIONS; ARMY FACILITIES; ARMY PLANNING; Civil Engineering; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; Computer Programming and Software; DATA BASES; DISPLAY SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; GEORGIA; GIS(GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM); INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL; MILITARY TRAINING; NATURAL RESOURCES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOLOGY; SOILS; TREES; WILDLIFE; WOOD

This report presents and describes a land-use planning method designed for implementation on US Army installations. The method assimilates and displays natural resource, military training, and sociological data in a geographic information system (GIS) format that is combined with a computerized management information system (MIS) designed to plan current and future land uses in a manner that minimizes potential resource use conflicts. The Earth Resources Data Analysis System GIS and the LANDMENU MIS were used to develop a prototype natural resource management plan for Fort Benning, Georgia, and to provide both general and specific land-use recommendations based on original soils, timber, wildlife, military training, and sociological data gathered on the installation. Keywords: Army facilities; Land management; Natural resources allocations; Resource management; Army planning.