Room for rivers: An integrative search strategy for floodplain restoration

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 50-70

  Rohde, S ^a   Hostmann, M ^b   Peter, A ^b   Ewald, K C ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GIS; Indicators; Multiple criteria decision analysis; Priority setting; Restoration suitability; River restoration

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESTORATION;

INDICATORS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY SETTING; RESTORATION SUITABILITY; RIVER RESTORATION;

RIVERS;

BIOCOENOSIS; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; GIS; HYDROLOGY; RIVER SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 33748572309     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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