Combined use of GIS and mixed-integer linear programming for identifying optimal agricultural areas for sewage sludge amendment: A case study of Catalonia

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-169

  Vaskan, Pavel ^a   Passuello, Ana ^a   Guillén Gosálbez, Gonzalo ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Jiménez, Laureano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environmental management; GIS; Land classification; MCDA; MILP

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; MCDA; MILP; MIXED-INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL ALTERNATIVE; UNIFIED FRAMEWORK;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; TOOLS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ARABLE LAND; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GIS; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LINEAR PROGRAMING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84892507788     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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