A multi-attribute decision-making module for the evaluation of alternative land consolidation plans

Working Paper of the University of Leeds, School of Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-61

  Demetriou, Demetris ^a   Stillwell, John ^a   See, Linda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Criteria; Evaluation; Land; Landowners; Parcels; Sensitivity; Standardisation; Weights

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; PLANNING METHOD;

EID: 79960674110     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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