Multicriteria Evaluation of Flood Control Measures: The Case of Ribeira do Livramento

Carlos Bana e Costa (), Paula Antão da Silva and Francisco Nunes Correia

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2004, vol. 18, issue 3, 263-283

Abstract: This paper describes the multicriteria process used to evaluate flood control options for the catchment of Livramento creek in the peninsula of Setúbal, in Portugal. In the structuring phase, the environmental, social, and technical dimensions were identified. The MACBETH approach - Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical Based Evaluation Technique - was then used to construct a quantitative evaluation model based on qualitative value judgments formulated by a group of experts from different technical and scientific fields. The model enabled the overall benefit associated with each option to be appraised, and extensive sensitivity analyses to be performed. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2004

Keywords: environmental impact assessment; flood controlmeasures; MACBETH; multicriteria analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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