The Identification and prioritization of criteria and indicators for Assessment of Multiple Ecosystem Services using of multi-criteria decision making techniques Entropy and TOPSIS in Darabkola Watershed
Subject Areas :
forest science
MARYAM
PIRIKIYA
1
(Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University)
asghar
fallah
2
(Faculty of Natural Resources, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Iran.)
hamid
amirnejad
3
(Dept. of Agricultural Economic, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Iran.)
jahangir
mohamadi
4
(Dept. of Forestry, Gorgan Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Iran.)
Received: 2018-06-30
Accepted : 2018-10-25
Published : 2018-12-21
Keywords:
TOPSIS,
Entropy,
Ecosystem Services,
Delphi method,
Criteria and Indicators,
Abstract :
Identification and prioritization criteria and indicators for Assessment Ecosystem Services are very important. In this study, we used Delphi questionnaire for identification very important criteria and indicators for Assessment of provisioning Services (Water Yield and Timber Production) and Regulating Services (Soil conservation and Carbon Storage and Sequestration) in Darabkola Watershed and Shannon Entropy technique used for calculation weight of them. Then, TOPSIS technique used for prioritization criteria and indicators of Multiple Ecosystem Services. The first, the important and effective indicators were selected and weighted by relevant experts via Delphi questionnaires. That after customization was determinate 19 indicators for Water Yield, 23 indicators for Timber Production, 25 indicators for Soil conservation and 22 indicators for Carbon Storage and Sequestration. The result of TOPSIS technique showed that the indicators of rainfall and snow persistence and the criteria of soil and climatic for water yield, the indicators of tree species type and percentage of forests and the criteria of forest resources and climatic for Timber Production, the indicators of NDVI and canopy cover percentage and the criteria of vegetation and soil for Soil conservation and the indicators of land use and NDVI and the criteria of vegetation and climatic for Carbon Storage and Sequestration in soil respectively had the highest prioritization. Also prioritization ecosystem services in Darabkola Watershed respectively had Timber Production, Carbon Storage and Sequestration, Water Yield and Soil conservation.
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Arabameri, A and Shirani, K., 2017. Delineation of suitable sites for groundwater artificial recharge using Integrated AHP - TOPSIS (Case study: Shahrood - Bastam Basin). Water and soil science (Sci. & Technol. Agric. & Natural Resources), 3(21):149-168. (In Persian)
Asgharian, M., Shahraji, T., Nasir Ahmadi, K and Oladi, J., 2012. The identification of criteria and indicators for ecotourism management in the forest parks north of Iran using the Delphi method. natural ecosystem of Iran, 2(4): 93-103. (In Persian)
Burke, I. C., Yonker, C. M., Parton W. J., Cole C. V., Flach, K and Schimel, D. S., 1989. Texture, climate, and cultivation effects on soil organic matter content in U.S. Grassland Soil. Soil Science Society America Journal, 53(3): 800-805.
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Mahmoudi, E., Mahdavi, M and Javadi, M. R., 2013. Soil carbon sequestration potential of land use types of the ecosystem (case study: Maydan watershed, Esfarayen, northern Khorasan). Natural ecosystems of Iran, 3(3): 101-113 (In Persian).
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