A DSS for sustainable development and environmental protection of agricultural regions

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 164, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 43-52

  Manos, Basil D ^a   Papathanasiou, Jason ^a   Bournaris, Thomas ^a   Voudouris, Kostas ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Environmental management; Multicriteria mathematical programming; Sustainable development; Vulnerability maps

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; DESIGN POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; GROUND WATER PROTECTION; MICROSOFT ACCESS; MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC; MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP; MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA MODEL; MULTICRITERIA MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; NORTHERN GREECE; PRODUCTION PLANS; REGIONAL AUTHORITIES; RELATIONAL DATABASE; VULNERABILITY MAPS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

GROUND WATER;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; POLICY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GREECE;

GREECE;

EID: 77952292771     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0873-1     Document Type: Article

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