Assessment of ecotourism potentiality in GHNPCA, Himachal Pradesh, India, using remote sensing, GIS and MCDA techniques

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 623-646

  Sahani, Nemai ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Ecotourism potentiality; GIS; MCDA; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85083636279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25097954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s41685-019-00116-9     Document Type: Article

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