â  industrial site selection is a complicated decision and is related to various factors, so it is kind of multi-criteria decision analysis which is used for prioritizing different factors and selecting the best alternative among possible alternatives. in fact by scientific site selection, it is possible to minimize negative impacts of industrial construction and going towards sustainable devel...

today as the land-filling of solid wastes without taking into consideration the environmental issues would threaten the land greatly, the selection of an appropriate site for hygiene disposal of the wastes is a necessity. analytic hierarchy process (ahp) is one of the most frequently used methods of multiple criteria choices. in site selection of an optimum place fro landfill in the city of bon...

2 Acknowledgments 3 Table of contents 4 Chapter 1 Introduction 6 1.1 Thesis objectives, motivations and innovation 7 1.2 Materials and methods 15 1.2.1 The Sierra Nevada, U.S.A (study site 1) 16 1.2.2 The Alps, Bozen, Italy (study site 2) 16 1.2.3 Gola Rainforest National Park, Sierra Leone (study site 3) 17 1.3 Thesis outline 18 1.4 References 19 Chapter 2 – Remote sensing of forested landscap...

The third, fourth, and fifth authors’ names are spelled incorrectly. The correct names are: Nuala M Byrne, Rachel E Wood, and Ingrid J Hickman. The correct citation is: Croci I, Borrani F, Byrne NM, Wood RE, Hickman IJ, et al. (2014) Reproducibility of Fatmax and Fat Oxidation Rates during Exercise in Recreationally Trained Males. PLoS ONE 9(6): e97930. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097930 Table 2 ...

Different industrial decision makers and managers in our country, try to select and organize locations for aggregating industrial units, estates and areas with respect to land use planning visions and industrial development strategies. In this regard, considering large quantity of the input data and diverse criteria affecting this application, it is complicated and difficult to optimally make d...