BCA and GIS: Integration of economic and environmental indicators to aid land management decisions

Ecological Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-57

  Walpole, S C ^a,b   Sinden, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; GIS; Land degradation; Predictive modelling

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; GIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PLANNING METHOD;

EID: 0030864601     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(96)00554-X     Document Type: Article

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