Multiple objective decision making for land, water, and environmental management
Subtitle: proceedings of the First International Conference on Multiple Objective Decision Support Systems (MODSS) for Land, Water and Environmental Management: Concepts, Approaches, and Applications
By: edited by S.A. El-Swaify and D.S. Yakowitz.
Contributors: El-Swaify, S. A.; Yakowitz, D. S.
Publisher: Lewis Publishers; CRC Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boca Raton, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 743
Subjects: Natural resources -- Management -- Congresses.; Multiple criteria decision making -- Congresses.
Description: Multiple Objective Decision Making for Land, Water and Environmental Management explores the following major themes: Relevance of multiple objective decision support systems (MODSS) for addressing user needs, various sectors of society, and different levels of clientele; MODSS methodologies, tools, components, and integration; economic, social, cultural, and policy issues and applications (including risk assessment, conflict resolution, and sustainable development); and applicability to global and regional issues, especially in Asia and the Pacific, including degradation processes in small island ecosystems and major river basins and competitive uses of water for agriculture and aquaculture.

This book represents a forum for those interested in transforming available information into quantitative aids that facilitate decision making and offer viable solutions. It illustrates the diversity of perspectives and points of view in managing the natural resource base of our global community.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conference held Honolulu, Hawaii, September, 1996.