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Assessment of combating-desertification strategies using the linear assignment method
Mohammad Hassan Sadeghravesh
Department of Environment, College of Agriculture, Takestan Branch,
Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Iran
Department of Arid and Mountainous Reclamation Region, Faculty of Natural
Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Soudeh Ghasemian
Department of Arid and Mountainous Reclamation Region, Faculty of Natural
Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Select appropriate strategies according to all effective criteria in combating desertification process can be so useful in controlling and rehabilitation of degraded lands, and avoid degradation in vulnerable fields. This study provides systematic and optimal strategies of combating desertification by group decision-making model. To this end, in the framework of Multi Attribute Decision Making (MADM) and by using Delphi model (Delphi), the preferences of indexes were obtained.
Select appropriate strategies according to all effective criteria in combating desertification...
