Parametric assessment of water use vulnerability variations using SWAT and fuzzy TOPSIS coupled with entropy

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 12052-12070

  Won, Kwangjai ^a   Chung, Eun Sung ^a   Choi, Sung Uk ^b  

^a Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fuzzy TOPSIS coupled with entropy; SWAT; Water use vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENTROPY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABILITY; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

SOUTH KOREA;

GEUM;

EID: 84945237160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su70912052     Document Type: Article

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