Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) for integrated water resources management (IWRM) in the Lake Poopo basin, Bolivia

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2267-2289

  Calizaya, Andrés ^a   Meixner, Oliver ^b   Bengtsson, Lars ^c   Berndtsson, Ronny ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decision making process; Integrated Water Resources Management; Multi Criteria Decision Analysis; Sustainability; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; BOLIVIAN ALTIPLANO; DECISION ENVIRONMENT; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DRY SEASONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXPECTED UTILITY; HIGH WATER; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; LOW WATER; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; NEW APPROACHES; SOIL AND WATER; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION; SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES; URBAN AREAS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER SCARCITY;

AIRFOILS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; LAKES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 77955054868     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9551-x     Document Type: Article

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