A spatial multicriteria decision making tool to define the best agricultural areas for sewage sludge amendment

Environment International

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Passuello, Ana ^a   Cadiach, Oda ^a   Perez, Yolanda ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environmental management; Geographic Information System (GIS); Land classification; Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA); Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CONTAMINATION; CROPS; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; METALS CONCENTRATIONS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; SPATIAL MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING;

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CROP; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEXTURE; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 80052534805     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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