Multi-criteria decision analysis in spatial decision support: The ASSESS analytic hierarchy process and the role of quantitative methods and spatially explicit analysis

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 955-976

  Hill, Michael J ^a   Braaten, Robert ^b   Veitch, Simon M ^c   Lees, Brian G ^d   Sharma, Sunil ^d  

^a BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

^b NSW   (Australia)

^c Edmund Barton Building ^*  (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Framework; Land use; Methods; Multi criteria analysis; Scenario analysis; Site selection; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LAND USE; SITE SELECTION;

EID: 15944390293     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.04.014     Document Type: Article

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