A systems approach to identify sets of indicators: Applications to coastal management

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 588-596

  Sanò, Marcello ^a,b   Medina, Raúl ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analysis of relevance; Integrated coastal zone management; Principal components analysis; Stakeholders identification; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF RELEVANCE; CATALONIA , SPAIN; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL MANAGEMENT; CRITICAL VARIABLES; DATA SETS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SYSTEM STRUCTURES; SYSTEMS APPROACH; SYSTEMS THINKING; WHOLE PROCESS;

COASTAL ZONES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; STATISTICAL TESTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CATALONIA; EGYPT; SPAIN;

HYDRA;

EID: 84861997983     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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