Multi-criteria evaluation and least cost path analysis for an arctic all-weather road

Applied Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-307

  Atkinson, David M ^a   Deadman, Peter ^b   Dudycha, Douglas ^b   Traynor, Stephen ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Canada Nunavut Geoscience Office   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artic; GIS; Least Cost Path; Multi criteria evaluation (MCE); Pair wise comparison; Route determination

Indexed keywords

GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PLANNING METHOD; ROUTING; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 27744601609     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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