A spatial decision support system (SDSS) for sustainable tourism planning in Johor Ramsar sites, Malaysia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1113-1124

  Aminu, Mansir ^a   Ludin, Ahmad Nazri Bin Muhamad ^b   Matori, Abdul Nassir ^a   Wan Yusof, Khamaruzaman ^a   Dano, Lawal Umar ^a   Chandio, Imtiaz Ahmed ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Geographic information system (GIS); Multi criteria evaluation (MCE); Sustainable tourism; Wetland evaluation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; MULTICRITERIA DECISION; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON TECHNIQUE; SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; WETLAND BIODIVERSITIES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONSERVATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLANDS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRIORITIZATION; RAMSAR CONVENTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND;

JOHOR; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84884148451     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2198-6     Document Type: Article

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