A decision support system for assessing alternative projects for the design of a new road network: methodology and application of a case study

Peter Nijkamp, Francesca Torrieri, Ron Vreeker

International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 2002, vol. 3, issue 2, 114-138

Abstract: This study aims to offer an applicable evaluation framework for assessing project alternatives by employing different multicriteria evaluation methods as a tool to reduce conflicts in a decision making process. The first part of the paper consists of a brief survey of the great diversity of modern assessment methods that have been developed in recent decades. This helps to provide a perspective for procedural types of decisions in which various qualitative and quantitative aspects are incorporated. The paper initially focuses on three recently developed techniques: Regime analysis, the Analytical Hierarchic Process (AHP) method and the Flag model. It advocates a merger of these methods. In the second part of the paper, the above-mentioned multicriteria methods are applied to a "real-world" case concerning the design of a new road network in the area of the Cilento National Park in Italy.

Keywords: evaluation; participation; multidimensional; conflicting objectives. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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