Extended fuzzy analytic hierarchy process approach in water and environmental management (case study: Lake Urmia Basin, Iran)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-26

  Azarnivand, Ali ^a   Hashemi Madani, Farkhondeh Sadat ^a   Banihabib, Mohammad Ebrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fuzzy AHP; Lake Urmia; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUZZY SETS; LAKES; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER LEVELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FUZZY AHP; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS; LAKE URMIA; POSSIBILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STAKEHOLDERS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84920708539     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3391-6     Document Type: Article

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