Framing participation with multicriterion evaluations to support the management of complex environmental issues

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-106

  Soma, Katrine ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision support; Deliberation; Environmental complexity; Hierarchy of decision elements; Multicriterion evaluation; Participation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

NORWAY;

EID: 77954593940     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.534     Document Type: Article

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