Multicriteria decision analysis to assess options for managing contaminated sediments: Application to Southern Busan Harbor, South Korea

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-71

  Kim, Jongbum ^a   Kim, Suk Hyun ^b   Hong, Gi Hoon ^b   Suedel, Burton C ^a   Clarke, Joan ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contaminated sediment; Dredged material; Multicriteria decision analysis; South Korea

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SOUTH KOREA; WATER POLLUTANT;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77249145023     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2009-032.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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