An integrated multimedia model and multicriteria analysis approach to managing sewage sludge application on agricultural soils: Framework and methodology

Proc. iEMSs 4th Biennial Meeting - Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1550-1557

  Passuello, A C ^a   Schuhmacher, M ^a   Kumar, V ^a,b   Nadal, M ^a   Domingo, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision Support System (DSS); Diffusive transport model; Risk assessment; Sludge final disposal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTIMEDIA MODELING; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SLUDGE FINAL DISPOSALS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84858323055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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