A multi-criteria port suitability assessment for developments in the offshore wind industry

Akbari, Negar; Irawan, Chandra Ade; Jones, Dylan; Menachof, David

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2016.10.035

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“…At the end of the study, they ranked 4 wind turbines and selected T‐1 as the best alternative. Akbari et al utilized AHP method so as to evaluate logistics suitability of alternative wind ports for installation, operation, and maintenance steps of offshore wind projects. They determined connectivity and distance to offshore site as the most important main and subcriterion, respectively.…”

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Use of MCDM techniques for energy policy and decision-making problems: A review

2018

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Energy consumption increases all over the world as a result of industrialization in recent years. In this context, it has become important to meet increasing energy demand. It is significant to find alternative energy sources because of limited nonrenewable energy sources such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas. At this point, renewable energy sources have an important role to meet energy requirement. As a result, decision and policy making for energy is completely critical issue for countries. Various technical, economic, environmental, and social criteria are used to solve energy policy and decision-making problems such as evaluation of energy projects, selection among energy alternatives, power plant site selection, and determining energy policy. Multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) methods are used as effective tools to help decision makers while solving energy problems. There are a large number of studies including articles, conference papers, and book chapters, which examine energy problems by using MCDM methods in the literature. Therefore, analyzing these studies according to different features such as publication year, MCDM method, document type, statistical analyses, country, and published journal can be beneficial for leading researchers who study in energy decision-making field. In this study, published papers, which use traditional MCDM methods to handle energy problems, are examined systematically. By the way, it is aimed to lead to researchers regarding MCDM methods which are utilized in energy applications. It also conducted some statistical analyses to obtain trends between years and MCDM methods. Besides, recent developments in energy field are presented through this comprehensive literature review.

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Use of MCDM techniques for energy policy and decision-making problems: A review

2018

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“…Several authors introduce the use of MCDA techniques for assessment of sustainability. Many of them focus on the use of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP; Saaty, 1990), which has been accepted as a leading multicriteria decision model (Akbari, Irawan, Jones, & Menachof, 2017;Ramzan, Degenkolbe, & Witt, 2008;Šijanec, Žarnić, & Šelih, 2009;Sólnes, 2003) to assign priorities to the criteria or indicators involved. In our case, we use a more evolved technique, namely ANP.…”

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Stakeholder engagement to evaluate tourist development plans with a sustainable approach

González-Urango

García‐Melón

2018

Sustainable Development

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This study provides an evaluation of tourist development plans in the city of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia). Different stakeholders are involved in the search for solutions to this problem. The proposal is based on a model that combines two techniques, namely the analytic network process (ANP) and social network analysis (SNA). SNA is used to assess the relationships among stakeholders by identifying those who are most relevant and ANP is used to aggregate their opinions and evaluate tourist development plans of Cartagena to improve tourist experiences in a participatory way. The results suggest that the combination of SNA and ANP is a novel and suitable tool for strategic planning of a city.

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“…Many of them focused on the use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) [32], which has been accepted as a leading multi-criteria decision model due to its ease of use for preferential information elicitation from expert subjects [33][34][35][36][37] to assign priorities to the criteria or indicators involved in the problem. However, AHP does not allow considering the interdependences among criteria.…”

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“…The use of AHP in this sector includes the capacity evaluation of several ports for the location of a port facility [37]; planning of a transport infrastructure [50]; and the selection of the location for the construction of a marina [19].…”

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A Multicriteria Model to Evaluate Strategic Plans for the Nautical and Naval Industry in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

González-Urango

García‐Melón

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The evaluation of urban development plans is a key concern of the strategic planning of the city of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) due to the pressure exerted by both public and private sectors. Any strategic planning requirement deserves the inclusion of clear terms of coordination and cooperation among sectors, including local communities and the scientific sector. In this paper, we present a methodology for the sustainable evaluation of strategic nautical and naval projects for the development of the city of Cartagena de Indias. The methodology is based on the multicriteria technique Analytic Network Process, which allows considering political, socio-cultural and environmental aspects. The aim is to provide answers and guide the decision makers towards the optimal selection of strategies. Results provide some important insights into the overall conception of what sustainable evaluation means for the experts consulted. The procedure enhances participation and transparency and becomes a support for their decisions.

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A multi-criteria port suitability assessment for developments in the offshore wind industry

Cited by 56 publications

References 50 publications

Use of MCDM techniques for energy policy and decision-making problems: A review

Use of MCDM techniques for energy policy and decision-making problems: A review

Stakeholder engagement to evaluate tourist development plans with a sustainable approach

A Multicriteria Model to Evaluate Strategic Plans for the Nautical and Naval Industry in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

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