Tourism positioning using decision support system (case study: Chahnime—Zabol, Iran)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3135-3144

  Erfani, Malihe ^a   Afrougheh, Shahram ^b   Ardakani, Tahereh ^c   Sadeghi, Asiyeh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Ardakan University   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chahnime region; Fuzzy logic; Multi criteria evaluation; Sustainable coastal tourism; Zoning

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FUZZY LOGIC; LAKES; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; URBAN GROWTH; WATER RESOURCES; ZONING;

CHAHNIME REGION; FRESH WATER LAKES; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; HISTORICAL CENTERS; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; SUITABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABLE COASTAL TOURISM;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

CIVILIZATION; COASTAL ZONE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOTOURISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STANDARDIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

AFGHANISTAN; IRAN; ZABOL;

EID: 84937977367     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4365-z     Document Type: Article

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