Ecosystem services are the conditions and processes through which natural ecosystems
and the species that make them up, sustain and fulfil human life. Ecosystem service …

This paper provides a review of research contributions on forest management and planning
using multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) based on an exhaustive literature survey. The …

Vatn has prepared a vast feast for his readers. Hopefully, this book will become one of the
core textbooks both in institutional economics and in resource economics. As a political …

Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is all about making choices in the presence of
multiple conflicting criteria. MCDM has become one of the most important and fastest …

Current trends to improve the adaptiveness of community forest management focus on
monitoring past actions and emphasize internal dynamics. We show how scenario methods …

The integrated use of scenario planning and multi‐criteria decision analysis (MCDA) has
been advocated as a powerful combination for providing decision support in strategic …

This paper seeks to offer an overview of the streams of thought in the field of multicriteria
decision analysis or aid (MCDA) presented and discussed in the sessions of the annual …

Validation procedures play an important role in establishing the credibility of models,
improving their relevance and acceptability. This article reviews the testing of models …

In this study, an integrated scenario-based multi-criteria decision support system (SMC-
DSS) is developed for planning water resources management in the Haihe River Basin. The …

Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is well equipped to deal with conflicting, qualitative
objectives when evaluating strategic options. Scenario planning provides a framework for …