Organisational drivers for, constraints on and impacts of decision and information support tool use in desertification policy and management

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-327

  Diez, Esther ^a   McIntosh, Brian S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Decision and information support tool; Decision support; Desertification; DIST; Impact; Implementation; Information system

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; DECISION SUPPORTS; DESERTIFICATION; DIST; IMPACT; IMPLEMENTATION; INFORMATION SUPPORT;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; DESERTIFICATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GIS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649878168     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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