The effect of modelling expert knowledge and uncertainty on multicriteria decision making: A river management case study

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-238

  Janssen, Judith A E B ^a   Krol, Maarten S ^b   Schielen, Ralph M J ^b,c   Hoekstra, Arjen Y ^b  

^a Waterboard Rijn and IJssel   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental modelling; Framing of information; Multicriteria decision making; Strategic river management; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77952425761     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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