Optimised management strategies for the Biosphere reserve Lobau, Austria - Based on a multi criteria decision support system

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 25-36

  Hein, Thomas ^a,b   Blaschke, Alfred P ^d   Haidvogl, Gertrud ^b   Hohensinner, Severin ^b   Kucera Hirzinger, Verena ^c   Preiner, Stefan ^a,b   Reiter, Karl ^c   Schuh, Bernd ^e   Weigelhofer, Gabriele ^a,c   Zsuffa, Istvan ^f  

^a Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e ÖIR Austrian Institute for Spatial Planning   (Austria)

^f Research Center for Water Resources Development Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bio complexity; Danube River Basin; Ecosystem modelling; Ecosystem services; Multi criteria decision support

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NATURE RESERVE; OPTIMIZATION; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; DANUBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34249777795     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1642-3593(06)70123-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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