Multi-criteria decision making for water resource management: A case study of the Gediz River Basin, Turkey

Water SA

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 563-576

  Yilmaz, Baris ^a   Harmancioglu, Nilgun B ^b  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gediz River Basin; Mcdm; Water resource management; WEAP

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

GEDIZ RIVER; GEDIZ RIVER BASIN , TURKEY; MCDM; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTING; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTIONS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WEAP;

DECISION MAKING;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RIVER BASIN; SOFTWARE; SURFACE WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

GEDIZ BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 78349260042     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v36i5.61990     Document Type: Article

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