Applying voting theory in participatory decision support for sustainable timber harvesting

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1511-1524

  Laukkanen, Sanna ^a   Palander, Teijo ^a   Kangas, Jyrki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UPM Kymmene Forest   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; INTERNET; NATURAL RESOURCES;

MULTICRITERIA APPROVAL (MA); TIMBER HARVESTING; WOOD SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

TIMBER;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HARVESTING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; FORESTS; HARVESTING; INTERNET; NATURAL RESOURCES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; ITA-SUOMEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; PIEKSAMAKI; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 4644237833     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-044     Document Type: Article

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