Hybrid MCDA Methods to Integrate Multiple Ecosystem Services in Forest Management Planning: A Critical Review

Environmental Management

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 373-388

  Uhde, Britta ^a   Hahn, Andreas ^a   Griess, Verena C ^b   Knoke, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Forest management planning; Multiple criteria; Quantitative optimization; Stakeholder participation; Trade offs; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; TIMBER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION; TRADE OFF; UNCERTAINTY;

FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYBRID; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; OPTIMIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALCULATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FUZZY SYSTEM; HYBRID; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY; ECONOMICS; FOREST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84948614434     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0503-3     Document Type: Article

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