Development of Delaware's Coastal Zone Environmental Indicators Decision Support System

Author: Carl Yetter
Organization: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
USA

Phone: 302-739-3451
Fax: 302-739-2048
cyetter@dnrec.state.de.us

A Delaware Coastal Zone Environmental Indicators (CZEI) decision support system is utilized to provide a common method of assessment and a standard method of data analysis. It consists of databases linked to a GIS. The system uses GIS to create standard functions with specific environmental parameters. Frequency distribution analysis is used for the purpose of presenting the status of an indicator. The data for the indicators project is organized by subwatershed on land and grid cell in water. CZEI will better inform Delaware of the health of the coastal zone and consequently will allow for more scrutiny in examining management efforts.