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A multicriteria analysis for project evaluation: Economic-ecological evaluation of a land reclamation project

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“In their epic combat with Neptune have the Netherlanders overlooked ecological values in such a way that the quality of human life in the Netherlands has suffered?”

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Nijkamp, P. A multicriteria analysis for project evaluation: Economic-ecological evaluation of a land reclamation project. Papers of the Regional Science Association 35, 87–111 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01947471

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