WETwin: A structured approach to evaluating wetland management options in data-poor contexts

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-17

  Johnston, R ^a   Cools, J ^b,c   Liersch, S ^d   Morardet, S ^e   Murgue, C ^e,f   Mahieu, M ^a,c,f   Zsuffa, I ^g   Uyttendaele, G P ^c  

^a International Management Institute   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Antea Group   (Belgium)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UMR G EAU   (France)

^f SUPAGRO   (France)

^g VITUKI   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Multi criteria analysis; Stakeholder participation; Vulnerability; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITERION VARIABLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; KNOWLEDGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND; WETWIN;

EID: 84890132377     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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