The evaluation of forest crop damages due to climate change. An application of Dempster-Shafer method

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-297

  Bernetti, Iacopo ^a   Ciampi, Christian ^a   Fagarazzi, Claudio ^a   Sacchelli, Sandro ^a  

^a Dept of Agricultural and Forest Economics Engineering Sciences and Technology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dempster Shafer theory of evidence; Forestry; Fuzzy sets; Spatial analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FORESTRY; FUZZY SETS; HAZARDS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DEMPSTER-SHAFER METHOD; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY OF EVIDENCE; ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK; EVALUATION MODELING; FUZZY MEASURES; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP DAMAGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATES; ESTIMATION; FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; FUZZY LOGIC; GOVERNMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 80052511878     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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