Site suitability and the analytic hierarchy process: How GIS analysis can improve the competitive advantage of the Jamaican coffee industry

Applied Geography

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-93

  Mighty, Mario A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Competitive advantage; Jamaican coffee industry; Multicriteria decision making; Suitability analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COFFEE; COMPETITIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

JAMAICA;

EID: 84922980998     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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