An integrated decision support toolbox (DST) for the management of mountain protected areas

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-102

  Bajracharya, Birendra ^a   Pradhan, Sudip ^a   Shrestha, Basanta ^a   Salerno, Franco ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Water Research Institute National Research Council IRSA CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision support systems (DSS); ecosystem management; Nepal; protected area management; spatial analysis; system dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHY; BUFFER ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATIONAL PARK; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NEPAL; SAGARMATHA [(ADS) NEPAL]; SAGARMATHA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 77954225548     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-09-00048.1     Document Type: Article

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