Using multiple-criteria decision-making techniques for eco-environmental vulnerability assessment: A case study on the Chi-Jia-Wan Stream watershed, Taiwan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 141-158

  Huang, Pi Hui ^a   Tsai, Jing Shyan ^b   Lin, Wen Tzu ^c  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP); Eco environmental vulnerability; Preference Ranking Organization METHod for Enrichment Evaluations (PROMETHEE)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ENRICHMENT EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY; PREFERENCE RANKING; PROMETHEE;

FUZZY CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; WATERSHEDS;

DECISION MAKING;

RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; POLICY; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SALMON; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); TAIWAN; WATERSHED; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RIVER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

CHI JIA WAN CREEK; TAIWAN;

EID: 77955414873     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1098-z     Document Type: Article

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