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Geodiversity assessment with global and local spatial multicriteria analysis

International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2022
The paper reports on geodiversity assessments of three national parks in Poland, performed independently by experts and volunteers. Each national park selected for the study represents one of three morphogenetically different landscape types: mountains ...
Alicja Najwer, Piotr Jankowski, Jacek Niesterowicz, Zbigniew Zwoliński   +3 more
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Scenario-Based Capability Evaluation of Nature-Based Tourism Using MCE-Based Innovative Approach [PDF]

Sustainable Earth Trends, 2023
Increasing demand and the use of recreational areas have exacerbated the effects of nature-based tourism (NBT) on the environment. Assessment of NBT potential can be an approach to identify suitable areas for recreational development and prevent its ...
Somayeh Galdavi, Marjan Mohammadzadeh, Majid Makhdoum, Hamed Mirkarimi, Abdolrasoul Salman Mahini   +4 more
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Assessing the Ecological Potential of Firouzabad County for the Continuation and Development of Agricultural and Rangeland Management Asctivities [PDF]

جغرافیا و توسعه, 2022
Intensive agriculture and overgrazing have reduced the fertility of agricultural lands, reduced the quality of pastures and degraded the environment. The occurrence of frequent droughts, declining groundwater levels, reduced soil fertility, and degraded ...
Babak Ejtemaei, Marzieh Keshavarz
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Optimal Landfill Site Selection for Solid Waste of Three Municipalities Based on Boolean and Fuzzy Methods: A Case Study in Kermanshah Province, Iran

Land, 2022
In recent decades, population increase and urban development have led to catastrophic environmental consequences. One of the principal objectives to achieve “sustainable development” is to find suitable landfills.
Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, Golnaz Darvishi, Naghmeh Mobarghaee Dinan, Seyed Amir Naghibi   +3 more
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Geodiversity Assessment with Crowdsourced Data and Spatial Multicriteria Analysis

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020
This paper presents an approach to geodiversity assessment based on spatial multicriteria analysis. Instead of relying solely on weighted linear combination (WLC) for aggregating factor ratings and weights to compute a synthetic measure of geodiversity ...
Piotr Jankowski, Alicja Najwer, Zbigniew Zwoliński, Jacek Niesterowicz   +3 more
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Landslide hazard assessment using analytic hierarchy process (AHP): A case study of National Highway 5 in India

Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2022
Slope failure along highways is a crucial problem in hilly regions. Landslide hazard maps are very efficient and effective tools for planning and management of landslide disasters.
Sandeep Panchal, Amit Kr. Shrivastava
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Timing is Everything–Drought Classification for Risk Assessment

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2020
Drought is one of the most severe natural disasters with a high risk for human livelihoods. Remote sensing based drought indices can identify dry periods using, e.g., precipitation or vegetation information.
Valerie Graw, Gohar Ghazaryan, Jonas Schreier, Javier Gonzalez, Ayman Abdel-Hamid, Yvonne Walz, Karen Dall, Joachim Post, Andries Jordaan, Olena Dubovyk   +9 more
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Circular, Cultural and Creative City Index: a Comparison of Indicators-based Methods with a Machine-Learning Approach

Aestimum, 2023
Culture, creativity and circularity are driving forces for the transition of cities towards sustainable development models. This contribution proposes a data-driven quantitative methodology to compute cultural performance indices of cities (C4 Index) and
Giuliano Poli, Eugenio Muccio, Maria Cerreta   +2 more
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Uma abordagem multicritério para a priorização de vias pavimentadas

Transportes, 2009
Este trabalho apresenta um modelo de priorização de vias que integra métodos de avaliação multicritério em ambiente de Sistema de Informação Geográfica (SIG). Critérios objetivos e subjetivos são utilizados como base no apoio à tomada de decisão.
Josiane Palma Lima, Rui António Rodrigues Ramos, José Leomar Fernandes Júnior   +2 more
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Multicriterial evaluation in the definition of protected areas at the Piedade municipality, SP. [PDF]

Revista Árvore
The preservation in situ, through the establishment of legally protected areas, is one the approaches to mitigate environmental impact and protect biodiversity in the long term.
Simone Sayuri Sumida, Roberta Averna Valente   +1 more
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