An initial assessment of water security in Europe using a DEA approach

Castro-Pardo, Mónica de; Martínez, Pascual Fernández; Zabaleta, Amelia Pérez

doi:10.1016/j.stae.2022.100002

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“…Others who discussed the same criteria are, Veettil and Mishra (2018), Alkhawaga et al (2022) and Abbasi et al (2022). A handful of literature also mentions the effect of the population such as (de Castro-Pardo et al , 2022; Niza-Ribeiro, 2022; Kinouchi et al , 2019) and rapid urbanization (Wang et al , 2022; Shao et al , 2020; Kookana et al , 2020).…”

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Intuitionistic fuzzy DEMATEL for developing causal relationship of water security

Abdullah

Pouzi

Awang

2023

IJICC

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PurposeThis study aims to develop a cause-effect relationship between criteria that contribute to water security using the Intuitionistic Fuzzy-Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (IF-DEMATEL) method. Differently from the typical DEMATEL which utilizes crisp numbers, this modification introduces intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (IFNs) to enhance judgments in a group decision-making environment. In particular, the linguistic variables used in IF-DEMATEL are defined using the concept of three-tuple of IFNs.Design/methodology/approachData with the linguistic variable “influence” were collected from a group of experts in water security via personal unstructured interviews. Seven water security criteria are considered in this study. Computational software was employed to execute the computational procedures of the IF-DEMATEL method. It is anticipated that by taking into account the hesitation degree of IFNs will reflect the scenario in real life, which could lead to precise decision-making.FindingsThe results show that “Over-Abstraction”, “Saltwater Intrusion” and “Limited Infrastructures” are the cause criteria that contribute to water security. In addition, the relationship map of influence shows that “Water Pollution” and “Rapid Urbanization” are the most vulnerable criteria as these two criteria are most easily affected by other criteria in a unidirectional relation.Practical implicationsIt is anticipated that these findings will serve as useful references for water security management and policymakers.Originality/valueThe present study makes a noteworthy contribution to the modification of DEMATEL where three-tuple of intuitionistic fuzzy numbers are considered in the computations. The present study also provides additional evidence with respect to factors that contribute to water security.

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Intuitionistic fuzzy DEMATEL for developing causal relationship of water security

Abdullah

Pouzi

Awang

2023

IJICC

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“…by subtracting the maximum value of the variable from the original value (Martí et al, 2017;Puertas Medina et al, 2022). This approach has been widely used in the literature for the construction of SI (de Castro-Pardo et al, 2022;Martí et al, 2022).…”

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Agri-Food 4.0: Drivers and Links to Innovation and Eco-Innovation

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“…Concern for sustainability, and in particular water sustainability, is the focus of major international policies (Dabbous & Tarhini, 2021), both at the global and European levels (de Castro-Pardo et al, 2022;Martí & Puertas, 2022;Puertas et al, 2022). Water plays a key role in the framework of the 2030 Agenda.…”

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A fuzzy-DEA water sustainability index: an application in European Union water risk hotspots

Castro-Pardo

Martín

Martínez

et al. 2023

Environ Dev Sustain

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The current global freshwater crisis threatens the present and future supply of water as a resource for humans. The scarcity of drinking water and the dependence of the food industry on water-intensive supply chains require the urgent development of strategies to analyze and guarantee the water sustainability of countries. This study proposes a fuzzy-data envelopment analysis composite index that measures, from a benchmarking approach, water sustainability by simultaneously considering capacity and resilience, and captures the uncertainty associated with time series variations in three scenarios: pessimistic, indifferent and optimistic. We present and apply an index based on five indicators of capacity and five indicators of resilience in ten European Union countries water risk hotspots. The results in terms of capacity presented a higher variability due to the strong growth in the exploitation of water resources in Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. The most sustainable countries in terms of capacity were Bulgaria and Estonia in a pessimistic and an indifferent scenario and France and Bulgaria in an optimistic scenario. In terms of resilience, Belgium and Portugal were the most sustainable countries. When considering capacity and resilience together, some countries such as Bulgaria and Estonia lost positions in the ranking, with Belgium occupying the first position. Some countries, such as Bulgaria, could see the sustainability of their water resources compromised in a scenario of economic development if they do not improve their governance and water productivity constraints.

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An initial assessment of water security in Europe using a DEA approach

Cited by 16 publications

References 17 publications

Intuitionistic fuzzy DEMATEL for developing causal relationship of water security

Intuitionistic fuzzy DEMATEL for developing causal relationship of water security

Agri-Food 4.0: Drivers and Links to Innovation and Eco-Innovation

A fuzzy-DEA water sustainability index: an application in European Union water risk hotspots

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