However, this list of applications is by no means exhaustive. In reality, AEZGIS
approaches are suited to any application in which the relationship between land resources
and land uses needs to be explored either in the context of assessing the suitability of land
resources for specific uses, or of assessing the likely impact of those uses on the land
resources themselves. Furthermore, the ways in evhich these relationships can be explored
are constantly being enriched. Other applications in the policy analysis and planning areas
pose what $.. ? questions. The two main types of questions are:
drainage, fertîlizer application. liming) or,
- bT/741t (f 1 could modify one or more land resource characteristics? (e.g., by terracing,
- Whuf $1 could mode current or proposed land use characteristics? (e.g., by the use of
genetic materids that are more drought resistant, or that have a shorter growth cycle, or by
the use of more machinery and less labour, or by the use of crop residues for feed and not
for mulching). AEUGIS can estimate the changes either in land use suitability or in
environmental depadation hazard that arise from the ~~haf if..? scenario being tested. The
broader socio-economic costs and benefits of proposed modifications can then be evaluated