Prioritizing agricultural lands for conservation buffer placement using multiple criteria

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 944-956

  Qiu, Zeyuan ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation buffer placement; Hydrological sensitivity; Impervious surface; Multiple criteria decision making; Soil erodibility; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION BUFFERS; HYDROLOGICAL SENSITIVITY; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; SOIL ERODIBILITY; WILDLIFE HABITATS;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; SOILS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPERT SYSTEM; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NEW JERSEY; RARITAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957047520     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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