Evaluation of soil erosion risk using Analytic Network Process and GIS: A case study from Spanish mountain olive plantations

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3091-3104

  Nekhay, Olexandr ^a   Arriaza, Manuel ^a   Boerboom, Luc ^b  

^a IFAPA CENTRO ALAMEDA DEL OBISPO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ANP; GIS; Soil erosion risk; Spain; Subjective modelling

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

ANALYTIC NETWORK; ANP; CASE-STUDIES; EROSION RISK; NETWORK PROCESS; OBJECTIVE INFORMATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION RISK; SPAIN; SUBJECTIVE MODELING;

EROSION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GIS; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL EROSION;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; OLIVE; PLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL EROSION; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SPAIN;

EID: 67651151060     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.04.022     Document Type: Article

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