Application of Multicriteria Decision Making Methods to Air Quality in the Microenvironments of Residential Houses in Brisbane, Australia

“…The algorithm and application of PROMETHEE and GAIA procedures is available in the literature [6,17,18,19]. PROMETHEE facilitates the ranking or ordering of a number of objects (in this work, the water samples) according to preference and weighting conditions which have been pre-selected by the user and are applied to the variables (e.g.…”

Section: Promethee and Gaia Proceduresmentioning

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Determination of Surrogate Indicators for Phosphorus and Solids in Urban Stormwater: Application of Multivariate Data Analysis Techniques

Settle

Goonetilleke

Ayoko

2007

Water Air Soil Pollut

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Solids and phosphorus found within urban stormwater have the potential to cause environmental damage to ecological systems in receiving waters. The evaluation of these pollutants in urban stormwater is usually undertaken by physico-chemical monitoring programs which sample streamflow for laboratory assessment. In this study, data from two such monitoring programs have been examined for the catchment characteristics which influence solids and phosphorus discharge behaviour and the potential for the use of surrogate indicators to predict streamflow concentrations. The study involved partitioning of the components on the basis of the dissolved and particulate fractions. Suspended solids and particulate phosphorus were found to depend on the extent of impervious area within the catchment. Surrogate indicators were evaluated in order to provide supplementary key indicators that can be used for site based measurements with fewer requirements for laboratory based analysis. Investigation of the physical and chemical behaviour of solids and phosphorus by univariate and multivariate data analysis techniques allowed the identification of a number of parameters with the potential for interrelationship. Thus, relationships were developed for suspended and dissolved solids using turbidity and conductivity, and for dissolved and particulate phosphorus using suspended and dissolved solids. These relationships will enhance rapid generation of vital information on spatial and temporal variation of indicator concentrations in urban stormwater.

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“…Vincke [4] and has most frequently been used in operations research, with some recent successes in environmental decision making [27][28][29][30][31]. Conceptually, two parts can be distinguished: PROMETHEE I provides a partial order based on the rankings of the dominance and the subdominance of the options.…”

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METEOR: a step‐by‐step procedure to explore effects of indicator aggregation in multi criteria decision aiding – application to water management in Berlin, Germany

Simon¹,

Brüggemann

Behrendt

et al. 2006

Acta hydrochim. hydrobiol.

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METEOR (METhod of Evaluation by ORder) is introduced as a new evaluation approach, based on partial order theory. METEOR combines transparent decision support and convenient tools for data analysis with the ability to include stakeholders' preferences in the decision process. The basic idea is a systematic step-by-step aggregation of indicators, including their weighting. We applied METEOR to evaluate the eco-hydrological effects of nine water management strategies upon the complex surface water system of Berlin and Potsdam, Germany. Altogether 14 river sections are defined, each of which is evaluated by a set of four hydro-chemical indicators. Aggregation of indicators was performed on two levels: spatially with respect to the river sections, and thematically to the four indicators themselves. The METEOR result is in good agreement with that obtained by the PROMETHEE approach. However, advantages of METEOR are (1) identification of sensitive steps of indicator aggregation, and (2) extraction of explanatory background information about advantages and disadvantages of scenarios. Both topics enhance the transparency of the evaluation process and thus support public acceptance of the decision.

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Application of Multicriteria Decision Making Methods to Air Quality in the Microenvironments of Residential Houses in Brisbane, Australia

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Determination of Surrogate Indicators for Phosphorus and Solids in Urban Stormwater: Application of Multivariate Data Analysis Techniques

METEOR: a step‐by‐step procedure to explore effects of indicator aggregation in multi criteria decision aiding – application to water management in Berlin, Germany

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