A multiple criteria evaluation of sustainable agricultural development models using AHP

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-426

  Rezaei Moghaddam, K ^a   Karami, E ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

AHP; De Modernization; Ecological Modernization; Iran; Sustainable agricultural development model

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; MODELING; MODERNIZATION; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FARS; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 45749147869     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-006-9072-1     Document Type: Article

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