A multicriteria approach for mapping risks of agricultural pollution for water resources: The Venice Lagoon watershed case study

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 259-269

  Giupponi, C ^a   Eiselt, B ^b   Ghetti, P F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture; GIS; Multicriteria analysis; Pollution indices; Risk map

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; MAPS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; ANALYSIS SYSTEM; CASE-STUDIES; MATRIX; MULTI-CRITERIA APPROACH; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLLUTION INDEX; RISK MAPS; VENICE LAGOON; WATERS RESOURCES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; MAPPING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ITALY; LAGOON; LAND USE; MODEL; RISK; TECHNIQUE; WATER POLLUTION;

ITALY; VENETO; VENICE;

EID: 0032820501     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1999.0283     Document Type: Article

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