Applying voting theory in natural resource management: A case of multiple-criteria group decision support

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-137

  Laukkanen, Sanna ^a   Kangas, Annika ^b   Kangas, Jyrki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest planning; Group decision support; Multicriteria approval; Natural resource management; Voting theory

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; THEORY;

EID: 0036487199     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.2001.0511     Document Type: Article

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