The Hierarchy of the Criteria

Mahdi Zarghami () and Ferenc Szidarovszky ()
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Mahdi Zarghami: University of Tabriz, Faculty of Civil Engineering
Ferenc Szidarovszky: University of Arizona, College of Engineering Dept. Systems & Industrial Engineering

Chapter Chapter 2 in Multicriteria Analysis, 2011, pp 13-20 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract It has become more and more difficult to assess the consequences of water resources and environmental decisions in a single-dimensional way and to use only one criterion when judging their characteristics and making comparisons. However in practice the water and environmental managers always compare, rank, and then select decision alternatives with respect to only a specific criterion. A single criterion of choice can be fully satisfactory only in very simple and straightforward situations. For example, they may select the largest water transfer scheme from a lake, but they might worry whether the largest water transfer scheme is the least expensive, the most reliable, and the most suitable for the environment.

Keywords: Water Resource; Saltwater Intrusion; Water Resource Development; Environmental Criterion; Water Resource Allocation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17937-2_2

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