Exploratory multi-criteria analysis in sustainability impact assessment of forest-wood chains: The example of a regional case study in Baden-Württemberg

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-56

  Wolfslehner, Bernhard ^a   Brüchert, Franka ^b   Fischbach, Janine ^c   Rammer, Werner ^a   Becker, Gero ^c   Lindner, Marcus ^d   Lexer, Manfred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Forest Research Institute of Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest wood chain; Indicators; Multi criteria analysis; PROMETHEE; Sustainability impact assessment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TOSIA;

EID: 81955161266     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-011-0499-z     Document Type: Article

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