Evaluation the sustainability of two forest regions under both Participatory and Governmental Management system using AHP

Ecology, Environment and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 661-671

  Loghmanpoor, Majid ^a,b   Vardanian, Zhirair ^c   Elahi, Mohsen ^d  

^a ARMENIAN NATIONAL AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^b Expert of Forest Range and Watershad Management Organization   (Iran)

^c Department of Yerevan State Agrinean University ^*  (Armenia)

^d TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Governmental management; Participatory management; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST RESOURCE; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84889253627     PISSN: 0971765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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