Evaluating ecological vulnerability using the GIS and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method in Yan’an, China

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 599-605

  Hou, Kang ^a   Li, Xuxiang ^a   Wang, Jingjing ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Ecological vulnerability; Geographic information system (GIS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992530097     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/61312     Document Type: Article

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