Virtual worlds-real decisions: Model- and visualization-based tools for landscapes planning in Switzerland

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-127

  Walz, Ariane ^a   Gloor, Christian ^b   Bebi, Peter ^a   Fischlin, Andreas ^c   Lange, Eckart ^d   Nagel, Kai ^e   Allgöwer, Britta ^b  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MODELING; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VISUALIZATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DAVOS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 46449131542     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.0965     Document Type: Article

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