Comparing Two Multi-Criteria Methods for Prioritizing Wetland Restoration and Creation Sites Based on Ecological, Biophysical and Socio-Economic Factors

Water Resources Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1227-1241

  Darwiche Criado, Nadia ^a   Sorando, Ricardo ^a   Eismann, Silvia G ^a   Comín, Francisco A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental planning; GIS; Multi criteria; Nitrate removal; Watershed management; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; EUROPIUM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; NITRATES; RESTORATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA METHOD; NITRATE REMOVAL; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WETLANDS;

ALGORITHM; BIOPHYSICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NITRATE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ARAGON; FLUMEN RIVER; HUESCA [ARAGON]; SPAIN;

EID: 85011008923     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-017-1572-2     Document Type: Article

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