Geospatial assessment of agroecosystem health: Development of an integrated index based on catastrophe theory

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-334

  Su, Shiliang ^a   Zhang, Zhonghao ^a   Xiao, Rui ^a   Jiang, Zhenlan ^a   Chen, Tao ^a   Zhang, Limin ^b   Wu, Jiaping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fertilizer and Plant Protection Service of Haining City   (China)

Author keywords

Catastrophe theory; Ecosystem health; Geospatial assessment; Multi attribute assessment; Spatial variations

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHE THEORY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; GEO-SPATIAL; MULTI-ATTRIBUTES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH; HEAVY METALS; INTEGRATION; RATING; REMOTE SENSING; SYSTEM THEORY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GIS; INDEX METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION INDEX;

CHINA;

EID: 84856427990     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-011-0551-z     Document Type: Article

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