Multi‐criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a method to support decision‐making, by
exploring the balance between the pros and cons of different alternatives to accomplish a …

Land allocation has been an important issue in land use planning research studies. Land
allocation involves different multifunctional activities of maximizing environmental, economic …

Making decisions by integrating social and environmental concerns beyond the financial
dimension involves complex decision‐making processes in which innovative approaches …

Nowadays, land-use planning systems show structural weakness from an informative
perspective, depending on the capacity to develop rapidly and accurately territorial …

Tehran, the capital of Iran and one of the largest cities in the world, faces uncontrolled urban
expansion. Over the last few decades, urban expansion and traffic congestion in Tehran has …

Abstract The European Union issued several directives in the field of energy efficiency which
impact on the building sector in order to avoid a further increase of energy consumption and …

Abstract Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA) seems to be one of the best solutions for
sustainable aquaculture. Within the Remedia LIFE Project, an experimental IMTA plant was …

Understanding how much water should be left in rivers is a hot topic around the world. Here,
we proposed a decision-making framework for ecological base flow of rivers considering the …

Policy makers have recently begun to agree on environmental, economic and social aspects
of rural areas that are enhanced according to the European Union (EU) Common …

Water resources have been widely cited as a prime example of ecosystem services (ES),
especially when the issue is valuation. Because of the importance of water ecosystem …