Land consolidation in Cyprus: Why is an Integrated Planning and Decision Support System required?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-142

  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

Cyprus; EU evaluation framework; Integrated Planning and Decision Support System; Land consolidation; Land fragmentation; Land reallocation

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EUROPEAN UNION; FRAGMENTATION; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE PLANNING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

CYPRUS;

EID: 80051558418     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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