Land use optimization in watershed scale

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-193

  Sadeghi, S H R ^a   Jalili, Kh ^a   Nikkami, D ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brimvand watershed; Iran; Kermanshah Province; Land use allocation; Linear programming; Optimization; Soil erosion; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

LAND USE PLANNING; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 56949100534     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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