Urban expansion induced vulnerability assessment of East Kolkata Wetland using Fuzzy MCDM method

Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment

Volumn 13, Issue , 2019, Pages 191-203

  Ghosh, Sasanka ^a   Das, Arijit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOUR BANGA   (India)

Author keywords

East Kolkata Wetland; Fuzzy inference system; Multi criteria decision making; Urban growth; Wetland vulnerable areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056642780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23529385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2018.10.014     Document Type: Article

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