Land Suitability Assessment for Afforestation with Elaeagnus Angustifolia L. in Degraded Agricultural Areas of the Lower Amudarya River Basin

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1831-1839

  Dubovyk, Olena ^a   Menz, Gunter ^a   Khamzina, Asia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

agroforestry; Central Asia; fuzzy logic; GIS; land degradation; land evaluation; multicriteria evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER CIRCUITS; COPYRIGHTS; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; REFORESTATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

AGROFORESTRY; CENTRAL ASIA; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND EVALUATION; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION;

FUZZY LOGIC;

AFFORESTATION; AGROFORESTRY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND EVALUATION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS;

AMU DARYA BASIN;

ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 84994065711     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2329     Document Type: Article

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