A decision support system for assessing trade-offs between ecosystem management goals: An application in portugal

Forests

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-87

  Garcia Gonzalo, Jordi ^a   Bushenkov, Vladimir ^b   McDill, Marc E ^c   Borges, José G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cork oak; Forest management planning; Forest policy; Multiple stakeholders; Multiple criteria decision making; Participatory planning; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMMERCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

CORK OAK; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING; FOREST POLICY; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS; PARTICIPATORY PLANNING; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE-OFF;

CORK; DECISION MAKING; FORESTS; PORTUGAL; QUERCUS ROTUNDIFOLIA; QUERCUS SUBER;

PORTUGAL;

QUERCUS ROTUNDIFOLIA; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84922448066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f6010065     Document Type: Article

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