A Review of Multiple Criteria Analysis for Water Resource Planning and Management |
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Authors: | Stefan Hajkowicz Kerry Collins |
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Affiliation: | (1) CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD 4067, Australia |
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Abstract: | Multiple criteria analysis (MCA) is a framework for ranking or scoring the overall performance of decision options against
multiple objectives. The approach has widespread and growing application in the field of water resource management. This paper
reviews 113 published water management MCA studies from 34 countries. It finds that MCA is being heavily used for water policy
evaluation, strategic planning and infrastructure selection. A wide range of MCA methods are being used with the fuzzy set
analysis, paired comparison and outranking methods being most common. The paper also examines the motivations for adopting
MCA in water management problems and considers future research directions.
This study was funded by the eWater CRC (). |
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Keywords: | multiple criteria analysis decision making water resource planning |
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