Integration of Web Map Application and Simulation Modeling Tools for Sustainability Analysis in Regional Development

The sustainable development or sustainability has been highlighted as an essential principle in urban planning and regional development. Integration of Web map application and simulation modeling tools is essential for the analysis of sustainability in regional and rural development. The parameters and conditions of these areas are continuously changing. Design and development of a Web map application as part of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a complex activity and requires innovative approach for requirements identification. Enterprise modeling captures these ideas and offers tool for structuring of goals and definition of requirements. Simulation is used as an active research method, when the analytical solutions are unconvincing or even not possible. Integration simulation modeling tools in the web map application is challenging process as many of stakeholders have to be involved and complicated technical requirements have to be incorporated. The aim of this paper is to present the application of enterprise modeling for development of integrated Web map solution, GIS and simulation modeling tools for sustainability analysis in the regional development. It presents software prototype of developed Web map application to analyze the data from environment and to simulate future scenario.