Environmental-economic decision-making in lowland irrigated agriculture using multi-criteria analysis techniques

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-112

  Tiwari, D N ^a   Loof, R ^b   Paudyal, G N ^c  

^a PO Box 12609 ^*  (Nepal)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c Gulshan Road   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Economic incentives; Economic sustainability; Environmental sustainability; Environmental economic decision making; Multi criteria analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0033004718     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(99)00021-9     Document Type: Article

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