Assessing sustainable water management in a resource-scarce environment (Ghana, West Africa) via the Analytic Hierarchy Process

Mattas Konstadinos, Georgiou Pantazis, Lazaridou C. Dimitra, Mattas Christos, Nastis A. Stefanos, Seddaiu Giovanna, Kombiok James Mantent, Adjebeng-Danquah Joseph and Ramson Adombilla

Agricultural Water Management, 2025, vol. 313, issue C

Abstract: Fresh water is indisputably a vital resource in ecosystems and its scarcity threatens the economy and society. Due to climate change, economic growth and unsustainable water management, water systems have become depleted and very contaminated worldwide. The scarcity and ecological degradation of water resources have threatened the sustainability of human life, socio-economic development and ecosystem services. The key element in an efficient management is the dynamic assessment of the status of water resources. Thus, this work developed a comprehensive evaluation indicator system based on the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework, combined with the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).

Keywords: Sustainable water management; Analytic Hierarchy Process; DPSIR framework; Assessment of water resources; Expert-based method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109497

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