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Site Suitability Analysis for Future Urban Development Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Model: A Case Study in Hisar City, Haryana (India)

By: Manju Sharma and  Vipin Kumar  
Open Access
|Apr 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2025-0017 | Journal eISSN: 1805-4196 | Journal ISSN: 1803-2427
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 23
Submitted on: Sep 5, 2024
Accepted on: Feb 28, 2025
Published on: Apr 30, 2025
Published by: Czech Society for Landscape Ecology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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