Voting methods in strategic forest planning - Experiences from Metsähallitus

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 117-127

  Hiltunen, Veikko ^a   Kangas, Jyrki ^a   Pykäläinen, Jouni ^b  

^a Metsähallitus ^*  (Finland)

^b Metsamonex Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Approval voting; Borda count; Cumulative voting; Decision support; Forest planning; Multi criteria approval; Participatory planning

Indexed keywords

APPROVAL VOTING; FOREST PLANNING; PARTICIPATORY PLANNING;

DECISION MAKING; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY;

EID: 37249001907     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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