The application of a Multicriteria Spatial Decision Support System (MCSDSS) for the assessment of biodiversity conservation in the Province of Varese (Italy)

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 730-738

  Bottero, Marta ^a   Comino, Elena ^a   Duriavig, Marco ^b   Ferretti, Valentina ^a   Pomarico, Silvia ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Geographic Information System; Multicriteria Analysis; Spatial Decision Support Systems; Suitability map

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PLANNING;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; VARESE;

EID: 84862705697     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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