Applying VIKOR a to determine the land-use restraint strategies in a watershed

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1317-1323

  Chang, Chia Ling ^a   Chiueh, Pei Te ^b   Liou, Yi Ting ^c  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b TUNG NAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Landuse; VIKOR; Vulnerability analysis; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; NORTHERN TAIWAN; PRIORITY STRATEGIES; VIKOR; VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED PROTECTIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATERSHEDS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRECIPITATION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

EID: 56249116238     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2007.0131     Document Type: Article

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