Collaborative environmental planning in river management: An application of multicriteria decision analysis in the White River Watershed in Vermont
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Abstract
Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) provides a well-established family of decision tools to aid stakeholder groups in arriving at collective decisions. MCDA can also function as a framework for the social learning process, serving as an educational aid in decision problems characterized by a high level of public participation. In this paper, the framework and results of a structured decision process using the outranking MCDA methodology preference ranking organization method of enrichment evaluation (PROMETHEE) are presented. PROMETHEE is used to frame multi-stakeholder discussions of river management alternatives for the Upper White River of Central Vermont, in the northeastern United States. Stakeholders met over 10 months to create a shared vision of an ideal river and its services to communities, develop a list of criteria by which to evaluate river management alternatives, and elicit preferences to rank and compare individual and group preferences. The MCDA procedure helped to frame a group process that made stakeholder preferences explicit and substantive discussions about long-term river management possible.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Collaborative environmental planning in river management: An application of multicriteria decision analysis in the White River Watershed in Vermont |
| Series title | Journal of Environmental Management |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.07.013 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 13 p. |
| First page | 534 |
| Last page | 546 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Vermont |
| Other Geospatial | White River Watershed |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |