Multiple criteria decision making approaches to assessing forest sustainability using criteria and indicators: A case study

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 107-126

  Mendoza, Guillermo A ^a   Prabhu, R ^b  

^a Dept Nat Rsrc Environ Sci U ^*  (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Criteria and indicators; Multi criteria decision making; Participatory decision making; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

EID: 0034214313     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00204-2     Document Type: Article

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