Prioritization of soil erosion vulnerable areas using multi-criteria analysis methods

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 317-323

  Vulević, Tijana ^a   Dragović, Nada ^a   Kostadinov, Stanimir ^a   Simić, Snežana Belanović ^a   Milovanović, Irina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Jaroslav erni Institute for the Development of Water Resources   (Serbia)

Author keywords

AHP method; Conservation priority; Soil erosion; Sub watershed; TOPSIS method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928163208     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/28962     Document Type: Article

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