Development of a decision-support system for rural eco-environmental management in Yongxin County, Jiangxi Province, China

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-42

  Huang, Guo H ^a,b   Sun, Wei ^b   Nie, Xiang hui ^b   Qin, Xiao sheng ^c   Zhang, Xiao dong ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Eco environmental management; Farmers; Linear programming; Regional managers; Two layer

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING; DYNAMIC DATABASE; ECO-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ECO-ENVIRONMENTS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION; FARMERS; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; INDUSTRY SECTORS; INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; JIANGXI PROVINCE; MICROPLANNING; OPTIMAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL MANAGERS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; TWO LAYERS; TWO-LAYER;

AGRICULTURE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; MANAGERS; OPTIMIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LINEAR PROGRAMING; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGXI; YONGXIN;

EID: 69949109477     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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