Decision support system for the sustainable forest management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 49-55

  Varma, Vivek K ^a   Ferguson, Ian ^a   Wild, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest management planning; Geographic information system; Land use; Monitoring; Resource allocation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DECISION-RULE UNCERTAINTY; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GIS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

EID: 0034653267     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00271-6     Document Type: Article

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