Using environmental indicators to quantify the robustness of policy alternatives to uncertainty

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 79-86

  Levy, Jason K ^a   Hipel, Keith W ^a   Kilgour, D Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indicators; Information gap models; Multiple criteria decision analysis; Sustainable development; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034210583     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(00)00226-X     Document Type: Article

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