Assessment of ecological vulnerability and decision-making application for prioritizing roadside ecological restoration: A method combining geographic information system, Delphi survey and Monte Carlo simulation

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-65

  Song, Guobao ^a   Li, Zhe ^a,b   Yang, Yangang ^c   Semakula, Henry Musoke ^a   Zhang, Shushen ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Henan Zhengda Environmental Technology and Consulting Co Ltd   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HIGHWAY MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological vulnerability assessment; Fund allocationa; GIS; Monte Carlo; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; RESTORATION; ROADSIDES; SURVEYS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ECOLOGICAL SENSITIVITY; ECOLOGICAL VULNERABILITY; FUND ALLOCATIONA; PRIORITIZATION; SOCIAL PRESSURES; SPATIAL VARIABLES; UNCERTAINTY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DELPHI ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NEW RECORD; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84919473762     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.11.032     Document Type: Article

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