Assessment of a spatial multi-criteria evaluation to site selection underground dams in the Alborz Province, Iran

Geocarto International

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 628-646

  Chezgi, Javad ^a   Pourghasemi, Hamid Reza ^b   Naghibi, Seyed Amir ^c   Moradi, Hamid Reza ^c   Kheirkhah Zarkesh, Mirmasoud ^d  

^a Yaz University (TMU)   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alborz Province; analytical hierarchy process; site selection; SMCE; underground dam

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DAM; DECISION MAKING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; SITE INVESTIGATION; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ALBORZ; IRAN;

EID: 84958942171     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2015.1073366     Document Type: Article

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