Assessing the sustainable development: A review of multi‐criteria decision analysis for urban and architectural sustainability

Mecca, Beatrice

doi:10.1002/mcda.1818

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“…Also, MCDA methods, as the review revealed, are mostly used in combination with other techniques, as they cannot provide objective or definitive answers on their own, and other evaluation methods are also needed to provide reliable impact assessments [11]. AHP emerges as the most applied method, given the simplicity of application, through the support of the available software (Expert Choice) [38].…”

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“…The choice to use one method over another is not arbitrary but depends on the specific problem and users' needs [19]. In particular, MCDAs have progressively assumed a central role in supporting sustainable decisions [20,37,38], gaining wide acceptance with respect to their combination with other instruments, such as the aforementioned LCA, ecological footprints, and environmental indicators [29]. Specifically, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) [39] emerged in various studies related to waste management systems, mainly depending on the LCA method's environmental scores [11,40].…”

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Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to Evaluate Sustainability and Circularity in Agricultural Waste Management

Lombardi,

Todella

2023

Sustainability

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Agriculture is a major contributor to global anthropogenic emissions, such as waste production and greenhouse gases. In order to reduce these negative impacts, a circular economy should be applied to agriculture waste management. Processes for evaluating treatment and valorization options are fundamental to the implementation of long-term, economically viable, ecologically sound, and socially acceptable policies and practices. In this field, multi-criteria decision analysis methods (MCDAs) can offer a holistic perspective on the decision-making processes. This study deeply explores this area of research by conducting an extensive and critical review of the studies that have used MCDA approaches to support agricultural waste management. The aim is to better understand how MCDA methods have been applied (in an integrated manner or as complementary approaches) and how stakeholders have been involved. The research conducted underlines how MCDAs are now widely used to support decision-making in this area, as well as being increasingly applied in multi-methodologies. This study is part of an ongoing Next-Generation-EU-integrated, large-scale, multi-disciplinary research program, The National Research Centre for Agricultural Technologies.

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Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to Evaluate Sustainability and Circularity in Agricultural Waste Management

Lombardi,

Todella

2023

Sustainability

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“…In this work, we have chosen to apply multicriteria evaluation techniques. The procedure applied by Barredo and Gómez [49] is followed, which is based on the contributions of various authors who have provided the scientific foundations for these procedures and techniques [50][51][52][53]. The evaluation process starts with the selection of the factors to be included in the evaluation and the scoring of their values.…”

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Spatial Analysis Model for the Evaluation of the Territorial Adequacy of the Urban Process in Coastal Areas

Galacho-Jiménez,

Reyes-Corredera

2024

Land

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Coastal spaces are shaped by human activity. Approaching their urban spaces allows us to analyse the concepts of structure, growth, and management. Highlighting the problems associated with these concepts can lead to intensive scientific analysis and provide solid research methods. This paper focuses on the study of how the process of territorial occupation takes place and the urban forms it generates on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. It is based on the consideration that the process of territorial occupation is deficient in its territorial adequacy. To analyse this, a methodology is proposed that addresses processes of analysis at different scales: dynamics of changes in land use, the study of the morphologies of urban development with spatial analysis tools, and the adaptation of urban processes to the characteristics of the spaces that support them with multi-criteria evaluation techniques and GIS (Geographical Information Systems). The results are specified in five degrees of suitability of the occupation of the territory. Two conclusions can be observed: first, urban planning gives rise to forms of occupation that follow a similar pattern in the twenty areas studied, and second, the suitability of the urban process is not governed by planning based on precepts of suitability and environmental logic but by a weakness of the adapted planning methods.

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“…Scientifically evaluating and planning design schemes with different foci from multiple perspectives is the key to green design [14,15]. Currently, many scholars are conducting research in the areas of energy, environment, supply chain management, manufacturing, land use management, and other areas of sustainable development in conjunction with the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach [16][17][18]. Zhang et al [19] proposed a hybrid approach combining the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL), Analytic Network Process (ANP), Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), and Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) to select the desired optimal sustainable green materials.…”

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Triangular Fuzzy QFD–MCDM Combination Approach for Green Building Design Scheme Evaluation

Zhou,

Tian,

Zhang

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Buildings

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The integration of green design into building construction is a necessary process in today’s world to address environmental issues and achieve sustainable development. However, when evaluating green building design schemes, various factors are intertwined with a high degree of complexity and uncertainty. To realise rational decision-making about green building design schemes, this paper first adopts the mixed techniques of triangular fuzzy numbers, quality function deployment, and Best‒Worst Method. It aims to analyse the complex factor relationship between customer needs and green building design technical features and to solve the optimal green building design index weight allocation. Next, a hybrid fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method integrating triangular fuzzy numbers, the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method, and Grey Correlation (GC) are proposed to evaluate green building design scheme performance. Finally, an example of a green design project for a hotel building is selected for application validation and analysis in comparison with the existing Complex Proportional Assessment, VlseKriterijuska Optimizacija I Komoromisno Resenje, and DEMATEL-ANP methods. These analyses demonstrate the stability and validity of the results, as well as the rationality and practicability of the proposed triangular fuzzy QFD–MCDM method. This research is a guide to the problem of evaluating green building design schemes.

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Assessing the sustainable development: A review of multi‐criteria decision analysis for urban and architectural sustainability

Cited by 13 publications

References 111 publications

Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to Evaluate Sustainability and Circularity in Agricultural Waste Management

Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to Evaluate Sustainability and Circularity in Agricultural Waste Management

Spatial Analysis Model for the Evaluation of the Territorial Adequacy of the Urban Process in Coastal Areas

Triangular Fuzzy QFD–MCDM Combination Approach for Green Building Design Scheme Evaluation

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