Integrating biodiversity representation with multiple criteria in North-Central Namibia using non-dominated alternatives and a modified analytic hierarchy process

Biological Conservation

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-191

  Moffett, Alexander ^a   Dyer, James S ^a   Sarkar, Sahotra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Multi criteria analysis; Multi criteria decision making; Namibia; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RESERVE DESIGN;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 31444436482     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.033     Document Type: Article

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