Fire risk evaluation using multicriteria analysis-a case study

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 223-239

  Vadrevu, Krishna Prasad ^a   Eaturu, Anuradha ^b   Badarinath, K V S ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Remote Sensing Center   (India)

Author keywords

AHP; Forest fires; Fuzzy sets; Spatial decision making

Indexed keywords

AHP; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DATA SETS; DECISION MATRICES; DECISION-MAKING ALGORITHMS; ECOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE; EFFECTIVE TOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; EXPERT JUDGMENT; FIRE RISKS; FOREST FIRES; FUZZY DECISION-MAKING; HOTSPOTS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PROTECTION MEASURES; RULE BASE; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SOUTH INDIA; TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DEFORESTATION; FIRE PROTECTION; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; REMOTE SENSING;

FIRES;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST FIRE; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; MATRIX; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DECISION MAKING; FIRE ECOLOGY; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUZZY SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETATION;

DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FIRES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREES;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST FIRES; GIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INDIA; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; TOPOGRAPHY;

INDIA;

EID: 77954141745     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0997-3     Document Type: Article

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