Design of a GIS and multi-criteria based land evaluation procedure for sustainable land-use planning at the regional level

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 200, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-11

  Nguyen, Thanh Tuan ^a,b   Verdoodt, Ann ^b   Van Y, Tran ^a   Delbecque, Nele ^b   Tran, Thuy Chi ^a   Van Ranst, Eric ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agro ecological aptitude; Environmental impact; Land suitability; Rubber; Socio economic feasibility; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERT SYSTEM; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

QUANG TRI; VIET NAM;

EID: 84911409750     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.10.015     Document Type: Article

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