Knowledge-Based Raster Mapping Approach to Wetland Assessment: a Case Study in Suzhou, China

Wetlands

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 143-158

  Yang, Zhaohui ^a   Shi, Xun ^b   Su, Qun ^a  

^a SUZHOU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge based; Raster mapping; Suzhou; Wetland assessment; Wetland environment model

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FIELD METHOD; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; NUMERICAL METHOD; RASTER; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; JIANGSU; SUZHOU;

EID: 84957838260     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-015-0725-4     Document Type: Article

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