ABSTRACT

Environmental management is often complicated and multidisciplinary and the issues that arise can be difficult to solve analytically. Often, decision makers take ad hoc approaches, which may result in the ignoring of important stakeholder opinions or decision criteria. Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) provides a framework by which these type

part |2 pages

Section I: Multi-criteria Decision Analysis: Methods and Applications

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Section II: MCDA Methods in Depth: Sediment Management

chapter 3|12 pages

Problem Formulation and MCDA Model

chapter 4|8 pages

4Chapter Weighting and Scoring

chapter 5|10 pages

5Chapter MAUT

chapter 6|8 pages

6Chapter Outranking

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Section IV: MCDA Application case Studies