Application of VIKOR and fuzzy AHP for conservation priority assessment in coastal areas: Case of Khuzestan district, Iran

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-26

  Pourebrahim, Sharareh ^a   Hadipour, Mehrdad ^b   Mokhtar, Mazlin Bin ^c   Taghavi, Shahabaldin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d Azad University Science and Research   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COASTAL ZONES; DECISION MAKING; LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT; CONSERVATION PRIORITIES; CRITERIA AND INDICATORS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; FUZZY PAIR-WISE COMPARISONS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; PRIORITY ASSESSMENT;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LAND USE PLANNING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET;

IRAN; KHUZESTAN; MUSA ESTUARY;

MUSA;

EID: 84903174801     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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