Practice Summaries: Distribution Companies Use the Analytical Hierarchy Process for Environmental Assessment of Transportation Routes Crossing the Pyrenees in Navarre, Spain

Javier Faulin (), Esteban de Paz (), Fernando Lera-López (), Angel Juan and Israel Gil-Ramírez ()
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Javier Faulin: Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Esteban de Paz: Truficultura de Precisión Consulting Engineering, 31002 Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Fernando Lera-López: Department of Economics, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Israel Gil-Ramírez: Department of Process Engineering, Gamesa Eólica, 31621 Sarriguren, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain

Interfaces, 2013, vol. 43, issue 3, 285-287

Abstract: In this paper we discuss our use of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to perform an environmental assessment analysis of the main transportation roads that cross the Pyrenees between Spain and France. We use AHP to select the most sustainable distribution routes to mitigate the pollution impact of transportation activities. Two companies in Navarre, Hydro Inasa and GamesaEólica, have implemented our recommendations into their distribution activities. Openbravo has also incorporated them into its software development to select the most environmentally suitable routes in the delivery processes for its customers.

Keywords: environmental management; transportation research; GIS; multicriteria analysis; AHP; decision making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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