The combined use of Spatial Multicriteria Evaluation and stakeholders analysis for supporting the ecological planning of a river basin

Land Use Policy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 183-195

  Comino, Elena ^a   Bottero, Marta ^a   Pomarico, Silvia ^a   Rosso, Maurizio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological value; GIS; Multicriteria analysis; OWA; River ecosystem; Stakeholders analysis

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

ITALY; PELLICE BASIN;

EID: 84980316476     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.07.026     Document Type: Article

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