A multicriteria approach to support the location of thalassotherapy (seawater therapy) resorts: Application to Galicia region, NW Spain

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-147

  Crecente, Juan M ^a   Santé, Inés ^b   Díaz, Carlos ^c   Crecente, Rafael ^b  

^a Crecente Asociados   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Bantegal   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multicriteria evaluation; Site analysis; Thalassotherapy

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SEAWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTI-CRITERIA APPROACH; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; POTENTIAL SITES; RANKING OF ALTERNATIVES; SITE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; THALASSOTHERAPY;

LOCATION;

DECISION MAKING; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; SITE SELECTION; STAKEHOLDER;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 81455154302     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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