Catchment-wide wetland assessment and prioritization using the multi-criteria decision-making method TOPSIS

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 316-326

  Liu, Canran ^a   Frazier, Paul ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a   MacGregor, Catherine ^a   Blake, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Australia; Clarence River; Multi criteria decision making; Prioritization; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ASSESSMENT; AUSTRALIA; CLARENCE RIVER; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PRIORITIZATION;

WETLANDS;

CATCHMENT; DECISION MAKING; GIS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTION; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLARENCE RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33745315019     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0151-0     Document Type: Article

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