A planning support system for rangeland allocation in Iran with case study of Chadegan sub-region

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-236

  Farahpour, M ^a   van Keulen, H ^b   Sharifi, M A ^c   Bassiri, M ^a,d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Decision making; Land evaluation; Participatory planning

Indexed keywords

IRANIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 11244319899     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ04015     Document Type: Article

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