Identification of superfluous roads in terms of sustainable military land carrying capacity and environment

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-104

  Johnson, Sara ^a   Wang, Guangxing ^a   Howard, Heidi ^b   Anderson, Alan B ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Landscape analysis; Military land management; Remote Sensing; Spatial multicriteria decision; Superfluous roads

Indexed keywords

GIS; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; MILITARY LAND MANAGEMENT; MULTICRITERIA DECISION; SUPERFLUOUS ROADS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; LAND USE; MAINTENANCE; MANAGERS; MILITARY MAPPING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; REMOTE SENSING; ROADS AND STREETS; SPACE SHUTTLES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

EID: 79952451912     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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