Assessing multi-criteria approaches with environmental, economic and social attributes, weights and procedures: A case study in the Pampas, Argentina

Multiobjective Optimization Methods

“…November et al (1996) integrated TransCAD GIS and goal programming for analyzing alternative patterns of school districting. Ghosh (2008) Cisneros et al (2011) to analyze the conflicts and trade-off among environmental, economic, and social interests in the context of agricultural land use.…”

Metrics for evaluating the forest biorefinery supply chain performance

“…Sharma, Sarker, and Romagnoli (2011) introduced a model for assessing the impact of feedstock and technology selection, process and utility integration, and effluent recycle for a multi product multi platform biorefining enterprise. Cisnerosa et al (2011) used three continuous multi-criteria approaches and a set of different weights to assess the conflicts and trade-off among environmental, economic and social interests in the context of agriculture (soybean production). Mele, Kostin, Guillen-Gosalbez, and Jimenez (2011) developed a multiobjective mixed-integer linear program that is used as a quantitative tool to support SC design decision-making and aims at optimizing the economic and environmental performance of a combined sugar and ethanol production chain.…”

Continuous multi-criteria methods for crop and soil conservation planning on La Colacha (Río Cuarto, Province of Córdoba, Argentina)

“…ERO constraint, vb 2 : The annual erosion cannot be over 232 542 Mg, corresponding to the erosion estimate for 90 % soybean soil cover without SC (over 34 246 ha of agricultural soils) for a 1.5 % slope condition; from the authors, methods resumed in Cisneros et al (2011 f. EMP number constraint, vb 6 : The employment could not be less than the actual value, estimated as 382 jobs. vb 6 ≥382.…”

“…PRU constraint, vb 1 : The peak runoff must be less than 477 000 l·s −1 ; the maximum value was simulated for the more intensive soil-use scenario, methods in Cisneros et al (2011). This is a value that reflects a basin condition of maximum degradation or hydrological destabilisation.…”

“…The authors had formerly produced information about the study areas as in Cisneros et al (2008aCisneros et al ( , 2011. A revision was made in the literature about systems for planning in similar areas, involving findings for agriculture impact in Europe and for general effects (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005).…”