Multicriteria evaluation of water resources sustainability in the context of watershed management

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 813-827

  Kang, Min Goo ^a   Lee, Gwang Man ^b  

^a Future Resources Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Sustainability; Urbanization; Water policy; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; EFFECTIVE TOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; EVALUATION MODELS; EVALUATION RESULTS; MANAGEMENT POLICY; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; RIVER BASINS; SOCIAL EQUITY; SOUTH KOREA; STATES OF WATER; URBANIZATION; WATER POLICY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED SCALE;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; EQUITY; GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROBABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

KUM BASIN; SOUTH KOREA;

GEUM;

EID: 79960721431     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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