Adaptive policy responses to water shortage mitigation in the arid regions—a systematic approach based on eDPSIR, DEMATEL, and MCDA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Azarnivand, Ali ^a   Chitsaz, Nastaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

COPRAS G; DEMATEL; eDPSIR; Water shortage mitigation; Yazd

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; ARID REGIONS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COPRAS-G; DEMATEL; EDPSIR; WATER SHORTAGE MITIGATIONS; YAZD;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ARID REGION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING TRIAL AND EVALUATION LABORATORY; DESERT; ENHANCED DRIVING FORCE PRESSURE STATE IMPACT RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IRAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; DECISION MAKING; DESERT CLIMATE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER SUPPLY;

IRAN; YAZD;

FRESH WATER; WATER;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FRESH WATER; IRAN; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84921903784     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4225-4     Document Type: Article

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