Transfer into decision support: The Sustainability Impact Assessment Tool (SIAT)

Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Changes

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 107-128

  Sieber, Stefan ^a   Müller, Klaus ^a   Verweij, Peter ^b   Haraldsson, Hördur ^c   Fricke, Katharina ^a   Pacini, Cesare ^d   Tscherning, Karen ^a   Helming, Katharina ^a   Jansson, Torbjorn ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design Process; Impact Assessment; Knowledge based model; Multifunctionality; Policy Advice; Policy Decision Support System; SIAT; Sustainability Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889794950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78648-1_7     Document Type: Chapter

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