Water Scarcity Management in Arid Regions Based on an Extended Multiple Criteria Technique

Water Resources Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 233-250

  Chitsaz, Nastaran ^a   Azarnivand, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Best Worst Method; Multi criteria decision making; Risk attitudes; Strategic framework; Water scarcity management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BEST WORST METHOD; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; RISK ATTITUDE; STRATEGIC FRAMEWORKS; WATER SCARCITY;

DECISION MAKING;

ARID REGION; DECISION MAKING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

IRAN; YAZD;

EID: 84991738448     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-016-1521-5     Document Type: Article

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