Tool summary

Name of the tool
Least-Cost Pathway Analysis

Description of the tool
The tool provides for cross comparison of indicators when defining a unique road location under different environmental, social and economic factors. Using roads as an example of infrastructure, a least-cost pathway algorithm within GIS is employed. This results in the generation of many road location alternatives and a matrix showing the trade-offs provided by each factor based on road location.

Specific topic
The tool is focused on minimisation of environmental damage and on effectiveness in building costs and travel time.

Sector/s of use

Waste	Energy	Water	Transport	Green/Blue	Building & Land use
0	0	0	M	0	0

M - main sector, 1 - sub sector and 0 - n/a

Scale of applications

Component	Building	Neighbourhood	City	Region
0	0	0	1	1