Addressing uncertainty in modelling cumulative impacts within maritime spatial planning in the Adriatic and Ionian region

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Gissi, Elena ^a   Menegon, Stefano ^b   Sarretta, Alessandro ^b   Appiotti, Federica ^a   Maragno, Denis ^a   Vianello, Andrea ^b,c   Depellegrin, Daniel ^b   Venier, Chiara ^b   Barbanti, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MODEL; RESEARCH PRIORITY; UNCERTAINTY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ITALY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCEANS AND SEAS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 85022204672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180501     Document Type: Article

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