Prioritizing the best sites for treated wastewater instream use in an urban watershed using fuzzy TOPSIS

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-32

  Kim, Yeonjoo ^a   Chung, Eun Sung ^b   Jun, Sang Mook ^b   Kim, Sang Ug ^c  

^a Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DPSIR framework; Fuzzy TOPSIS; Treated wastewater use; Triangular fuzzy numbers

Indexed keywords

A-WEIGHTING; DPSIR FRAMEWORKS; DROUGHT FLOWS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; FUZZY NUMBERS; FUZZY TECHNIQUES; FUZZY TOPSIS; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; INPUT DATAS; INSTREAM FLOWS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOW FLOW; MULTICRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; TREATED WASTEWATER; TRIANGULAR FUZZY NUMBERS; URBAN WATERSHED; WATER QUANTITIES; WEIGHTING VALUES;

FUZZY RULES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

URBAN GROWTH;

GROUND WATER;

DECISION ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INSTREAM FLOW; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION; RANKING; SITE SELECTION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW RATE; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84873618634     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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