The valuation of ecosystem services in the venice lagoon: A multicriteria approach

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2021, Pages

  D’alpaos, Chiara ^a   D’alpaos, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Cultural landscape; Ecosystem services; Pairwise comparisons; Ranking; Salt marsh; Venice Lagoon; World heritage site

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOODING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; VALUATION;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 85113898450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su13179485     Document Type: Article

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