Incorporating a distance cost in systematic reserve design

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 393-404

  Zhang, Kun ^a,b   Laffan, Shawn W ^b   Ramp, Daniel ^b   Webster, Evan ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Distance cost; Greater blue mountains world heritage area; Marxan; Systematic reserve design

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RESERVE DESIGN;

AUSTRALIA; BLUE MOUNTAINS [NEW SOUTH WALES]; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 79957581973     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2010.517753     Document Type: Article

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