Water resource vulnerability assessment in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)

Journal of King Saud University - Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 293-299

  Shabbir, Rabia ^a   Ahmad, Sheikh Saeed ^a  

^a FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process; Islamabad; Rawalpindi; Vulnerability; Water resource

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945589399     PISSN: 10183647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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