Using optimal land-use scenarios to assess trade-offs between conservation, development, and social values

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Adams, Vanessa M ^a,b,c   Pressey, Robert L ^b   Álvarez Romero, Jorge G ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; HUMAN; LAND USE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENT; SATISFACTION; ANIMAL; CITY PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NATURAL RESOURCE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; NATURAL RESOURCES; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; RIVERS; SOCIAL VALUES; URBAN RENEWAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84977118633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158350     Document Type: Article

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