Application of Integrated Shannon’s Entropy and VIKOR Techniques in Prioritization of Flood Risk in the Shemshak Watershed, Iran

Water Resources Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 409-425

  Malekian, Arash ^a   Azarnivand, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Multiple criteria analysis, Flood potential; Shannon s Entropy; VIKOR; Watershed prioritization

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENTROPY; FLOOD CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; FLOOD MITIGATION MEASURES; FLOOD POTENTIAL; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION; SHANNON; VIKOR; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

FLOODS;

DECISION MAKING; ENTROPY; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

IRAN; SHEMSHAK BASIN;

EID: 84953840330     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-015-1169-6     Document Type: Article

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