A multicriteria model for planning agricultural regions within a context of groundwater rational management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1593-1600

  Manos, B ^a   Papathanasiou, J ^b   Bournaris, Th ^a   Voudouris, K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Goal programming; Groundwater protection; Multiple criteria decision making; Sustainable development; Vulnerability maps

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LAND USE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGY; GREECE; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GREECE;

EID: 77952426879     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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