Ecological risk assessment of wetland ecosystems using Multi Criteria Decision Making and Geographic Information System

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-144

  Malekmohammadi, B ^a   Rahimi Blouchi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment (ERA); Iran Shadegan Wetland; Risk factor; Risk management; Risk zoning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; MAPS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS; ZONING;

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; RISK FACTORS; RISK ZONING; SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

IRAN; KHUZESTAN; SHADEGAN MARSHES;

EID: 84896881356     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.01.038     Document Type: Article

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