Assessment of groundwater vulnerability to nitrates from agricultural sources using a GIS-compatible logic multicriteria model

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 171, Issue , 2016, Pages 70-80

  Rebolledo, Boris ^a   Gil, Antonia ^a   Flotats, Xavier ^b   Sánchez, José Ángel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aragon (Spain); Groundwater vulnerability; Logic Scoring of Preferences (LSP); Nitrate pollution; Risk mapping

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; DECISION THEORY; FARMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURAL SOURCES; ARAGON (SPAIN); CASE-STUDIES; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; LOGIC SCORING OF PREFERENCE; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA MODELING; NITRATE POLLUTION; RISK MAPPINGS; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

NITRATES;

GROUND WATER; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

DECISION ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; GIS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRATE; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; VULNERABILITY INDEX TO NITRATES FROM AGRICULTURAL SOURCE; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; LOGIC; SPAIN; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARAGON; SPAIN;

AGRICULTURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; LOGIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84957574640     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.01.041     Document Type: Article

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