Land evaluation for ecotourism development—an integrated approach based on FUZZY, WLC, and ANP methods

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1999-2008

  Aliani, H ^a   BabaieKafaky, S ^a   Saffari, A ^b   Monavari, S M ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

ANP; Ecotourism; Fuzzy logic; GIS; MCE; Taleghan; WLC

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ECO-TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; ECO-TOURISMS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CRITERION; TALEGHAN;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 85028075625     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-017-1291-5     Document Type: Article

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