Evaluating coastal scenery using fuzzy logic: Application at selected sites in Western Black Sea coastal region of Turkey

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 583-591

  Ergin, Ayşen ^a   Özölçer, Ismail Hakki ^b   Şahin, Fatma ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coastal scenery; D value; Fuzzy logic; Turkey; West Black Sea Region

Indexed keywords

BLACK SEA; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL LANDSCAPES; COASTAL MANAGEMENT; COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL SITES; D VALUE; EVALUATION INDEX; MANAGEMENT PLANS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; FUZZY SYSTEMS;

FUZZY LOGIC;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

BLACK SEA COAST [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 77951113700     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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