Spatial multi-criteria decision process to define maintenance priorities of forest road network: An application in the italian alpine region;Odredivanje prioriteta pri održavanju šumskih cesta pomoću višekriterijskih modela odlučivanja: Primjena u alpskom području u Italiji

Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-42

  Pellegrini, Marco ^a   Grigolato, Stefano ^a   Cavalli, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AHP; Decision support system; Forest road maintenance; GIS; Maintenance cost

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BUDGET CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE; ROADS AND STREETS;

ACTUAL CONDITIONS; ALPINE REGIONS; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS ANALYSIS; DECISION PROCESS; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; FOREST ROAD MAINTENANCE; FOREST ROAD NETWORKS; MAINTENANCE COST; MULTICRITERIA DECISION; PROCESS TECHNIQUES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; ROAD; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

COSTS; FORESTRY; GIS; MAINTENANCE; ROADS; TOOLS;

ITALY;

EID: 84880781755     PISSN: 18455719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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