Strategic assessment and economic evaluation: The case study of Yanzhou Island (China)

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2019, Pages

  Bottero, Marta ^a   Comino, Elena ^a   Dell'Anna, Federico ^a   Dominici, Laura ^a   Rosso, Maurizio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

A'WOT; Multi Criteria Analysis; Natural system; Social benefit; SROI; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LANDSCAPE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YANZHOU;

EID: 85061744322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su11041076     Document Type: Article

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