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Title

Multicriteria analysis for environmental decision-making / Davide Geneletti.

Author

Geneletti, Davide

Publication

• London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2019.
• ©2019

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Description

viii, 123 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Essentially, Multicriteria Analysis (MCA) is a method to support decision-making, by exploring the balance between the pros and cons of different alternatives. The comparison of alternatives is based upon a set of explicitly formulated criteria, which represent aspects of the alternatives that need to be taken into account during decision-making. More specifically, MCA assists the decision-making process by framing decision problems, illustrating the performance of the alternatives across all criteria, exploring trade-offs, formulating a decision, and testing its robustness. All this while considering, on the one hand the "analytical" performance of the alternatives across all criteria, and on the other hand the preferences and opinions of the stakeholders involved in the process. Many MCA approaches exist, which differ, inter alia, in terms of computational complexity, level of stakeholder engagement, and time and data requirement. Belton and Stewart (2002BIB-007) present a detailed analysis of the theoretical foundations of different MCA approaches, as well as their comparative strengths and weaknesses. It could be argued that most approaches share the same main stages of the generalized MCA process shown in Figure 1.1 (based on Kiker et al. 2005BIB-088; Geneletti and Ferretti 2015BIB-051), in which a key aspect is the involvement of different actors providing different types of input to the process. The first stage of the MCA process aims at establishing a shared understanding of the decision context, and at structuring the problem. Operationally, it includes defining the objectives of the decision process, identifying possible alternatives to achieve them, and formulating explicit criteria to assess how each alternative contributes to achieving the objectives"--

Subjects

• Environmental impact analysis
• City planning
• SCIENCE / Environmental Science
• ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning
• NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
• Decision making

Call Number

JFE 19-7380

ISBN

• 9781783089529
• 1783089520

LCCN

2019012574

OCLC

1108722815

Author

Geneletti, Davide, author.

Title

Multicriteria analysis for environmental decision-making / Davide Geneletti.

Publisher

London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781783089543

Research Call Number

JFE 19-7380