Ecotourism land capability evaluation using spatial multi criteria evaluation

Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 693-700

  Zarkesh, Mir Masoud Kheikhah ^a   Almasi, Nahid ^a   Taghizadeh, Farzad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Land capability evaluation; Land use; Multi criteria decision making; Tourism

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING MODELS; DECISION MATRICES; ECO-TOURISMS; EXISTING CONDITIONS; LAND CAPABILITY; LAND EVALUATION; LAND SUITABILITY; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE-CRITERIA EVALUATION; TOURISM; WEIGHTING PROCESS;

ECOLOGY; LAND USE;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 80051897611     PISSN: 20407459     EISSN: 20407467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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