Identifying critical areas of exposure to environmental conflicts using expert opinion and multi-criteria analysis

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 15-28

  Onose, Diana Andreea ^a   Niţă, Mihai Răzvan ^a   Ciocănea, Cristiana Maria ^a   Pătroescu, Maria ^a   Vânău, Gabriel Ovidiu ^a   Bodescu, Florian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b Multidimension SRL   (Romania)

Author keywords

Buffer zone; Critical areas; Environmental conflict; Expert opinion; Multi criteria analysis

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BUFFER ZONE; DATABASE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SETTLEMENT PLANNING; SPATIAL DATA; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA;

BUCHAREST [BUCHAREST (ADS)]; BUCHAREST [ROMANIA]; ROMANIA;

EID: 84949462677     PISSN: 18424090     EISSN: 1844489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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