Multi-criteria decision analysis : environmental applications and case studies

✍ Scribed by Linkov, Igor; Moberg, Emily

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 198
• Series: Environmental assessment and management
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book describes methods and applications of multi-criteria decision analysis, but it goes beyond models and theory to provide case studies and discussions of multi-criteria decision analysis applied in specific - and varying - circumstances. The book provides tools. It also inspires creative thought by offering examples that can be springboards for policy makers and other decision makers to think about their relevance and utility in the many circumstances they face. Read more...

Abstract: This book describes methods and applications of multi-criteria decision analysis, but it goes beyond models and theory to provide case studies and discussions of multi-criteria decision analysis applied in specific - and varying - circumstances. The book provides tools. It also inspires creative thought by offering examples that can be springboards for policy makers and other decision makers to think about their relevance and utility in the many circumstances they face

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Section I Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: Methods and Applications --
Chapter 1 Introduction to Multi-Criteria Methods --
Chapter 2 Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in Environmental Sciences: Applications and Trends --
Section II MCDA Methods in Depth: Sediment Management --
Chapter 3 Problem Formulation and MCDA Model --
Chapter 4 Weighting and Scoring --
Chapter 5 MAUT --
Chapter 6 Outranking --
Chapter 7 Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) --
Section III MCDA Application in Depth: Nanomaterials --
Chapter 8 Nanomaterials: Background and Environmental Challenges --
Chapter 9 Risk-Based Classification of Nanomaterials --
Chapter 10 Nanomaterials Risk in Perspective: Bringing Together Technical Judgment and Stakeholder Preference --
Chapter 11 Insurability of Nanotechnology --
Chapter 12 Selecting Optimal Nanomanufacturing Technology --
Chapter 13 Value of Information Analysis for Nanomanufacturing --
Section IV MCDA Application Case Studies --
Chapter 14 Setting Dredging Windows for Sensitive Fish Species --
Chapter 15 Management of Harmful Algal Blooms --
Chapter 16 Restoring Oysters in Chesapeake Bay --
Chapter 17 Performance Metrics for Oil Spill Response --
Appendix: Decerns Software Guide.

✦ Subjects

Environmental management;Decision making;Environmental economics;Miljöfrågor -- beslutsfattande