Assessment and prioritization of eco-revetment projects in urban rivers

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 946-961

  Shi, Rui Hua ^a   Xu, Shi Guo ^a   Li, Xu Guang ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment and prioritization; China; Delphi AHP method; Ecological revetment; Fuzzy TOPSIS; Hunhe River; River regulation; Riverbank protection; Sensitivity analysis; Urban rivers

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DELPHI ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PRIORITIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVETMENT; RIVER BANK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLOPE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUN RIVER;

EID: 70349746767     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1193     Document Type: Article

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