Web-based environmental simulation: Bridging the gap between scientific modeling and decision-making

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1971-1976

  Buytaert, Wouter ^a   Baez, Selene ^b   Bustamante, Macarena ^b   Dewulf, Art ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Unidad de Biodiversidad y Geografía Aplicada   (Ecuador)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; GLOBAL CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INTERNET; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; INTERNET; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84857779056     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2031278     Document Type: Article

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