Multi-criteria decision analysis in natural resource management: A critical review of methods and new modelling paradigms

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Mendoza, G A ^a   Martins, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Multi objective planning; Multi stakeholder decision making; Participatory modelling; Soft systems approach

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MULTI-OBJECTIVE PLANNING; MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DECISION-MAKING; PARTICIPATORY MODELING; SOFT SYSTEMS APPROACH;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

DECISION ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE;

DECISION THEORY; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL RESOURCES;

EID: 33745451313     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.03.023     Document Type: Review

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