Multi-criteria decision analysis in natural resource management: A critical review of methods and new modelling paradigms

Mendoza, Guillermo A.; Martins, Helena

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2006.03.023

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“…In environmental sciences, cognitive mapping techniques have been used mainly in environmental conflict management (Özesmi and Özesmi, 2003; Özesmi and Özesmi, 2004) and forest management (Mendoza and Martins, 2006;Tikkanen et al, 2006;Isaac et al, 2009;Kok, 2009;Wolfslehner and Vacik, 2011). Ten studies have applied FCM to agricultural systems analysis (Table 1) in order to: (i) understand farmer perceptions about pesticides (Popper et al, 1996) on their own farms (Fairweather, 2010) or about environmental management measures (Ortolani et al, 2010); (ii) describe practices in agro-ecosystems (Isaac et al, 2009); (iii) assess the impact of agricultural systems on the environment (Özesmi and Özesmi, 2003) and crop yield (Papageorgiou et al, 2009;Papageorgiou, 2011) and the impact of policies on agricultural systems (Hukkinen, 1993;Newig et al, 2008);and (iv) evaluate the sustainability of agro-ecosystems (Rajaram and Das, 2010;Fairweather and Hunt, 2011).…”

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Development of a broadened cognitive mapping approach for analysing systems of practices in social–ecological systems

Vanwindekens

Stilmant

Baret

2013

Ecological Modelling

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Development of a broadened cognitive mapping approach for analysing systems of practices in social–ecological systems

Vanwindekens

Stilmant

Baret

2013

Ecological Modelling

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“…The capacity of MCDA to integrate multiple partial preferences into a collective preference structure makes it a useful tool in participatory assessment (Favretto et al, 2016). There is an impressive number of operational approaches to MCDA, with their relative advantages and disadvantages largely depending on the characteristics of the problem addressed (Roy and Vanderpooten, 1996;Kangas and Kangas, 2005;Mendoza and Martins, 2006;Diaz-Balteiro and Romero, 2008;Ocampo-Melgar et al, 2016a,b). We propose adopting an outranking approach to MCDA (Figueira et al, 2005).…”

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Integrating knowledge exchange and the assessment of dryland management alternatives – A learning-centered participatory approach

Bautista

Campanyà

Ocampo‐Melgar

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Journal of Environmental Management

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a b s t r a c tThe adoption of sustainable land management strategies and practices that respond to current climate and human pressures requires both assessment tools that can lead to better informed decision-making and effective knowledge-exchange mechanisms that facilitate new learning and behavior change. We propose a learning-centered participatory approach that links land management assessment and knowledge exchange and integrates science-based data and stakeholder perspectives on both biophysical and socio-economic attributes. We outline a structured procedure for a transparent assessment of land management alternatives, tailored to dryland management, that is based on (1) principles of constructivism and social learning, (2) the participation of stakeholders throughout the whole assessment process, from design to implementation, and (3) the combination of site-specific indicators, identified by local stakeholders as relevant to their particular objectives and context conditions, and science-based indicators that represent ecosystem services of drylands worldwide. The proposed procedure follows a pattern of eliciting, challenging, and self-reviewing stakeholder perspectives that aims to facilitate learning. The difference between the initial baseline perspectives and the final self-reviewed stakeholder perspectives is used as a proxy of learning. We illustrate the potential of this methodology by its application to the assessment of land uses in a Mediterranean fire-prone area in East Spain. The approach may be applied to a variety of socio-ecological systems and decision-making and governance scales.

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“…The first group includes the researches of Mendoza and Martins (2006) who were involved in the elaboration of methodology to choose the criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management. They justified the use of multivariate analysis of criteria (MAC) to evaluate the criteria and indicators adapted to specific forest management unit.…”

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Multicriteria evaluation of forestry development by regions (by the example of Ukraine)

Khvesyk

Shubalyi

Golyan

2017

Folia Forestalia Polonica

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The investigation aims at elaboration and practical application of multicriteria evaluation methodology to compare the forestry development levels in the context of regions based on index method. Elaborated methodology provides 5 assessment criteria: intensity of forest reproduction and regeneration, profitability of logging, forestry financial return, forestry protection and security level, and legislation observance. Three main indices were selected to ensure evaluation proportionality. The individual indices of each indicator by regions are calculated and the group integral indices by each criterion along with the reconciled integral index by all groups of criteria are defined. Application of this methodology by the example of Ukrainian forestry allowed conducting ranking and grouping of regions by indicators of integral indices for certain years and the period of 2011−2013. The diagrammed map is plotted to demonstrate the results visually. It revealed that certain highly forested regions did not ensure appropriate forestry development level as individual steppe zone regions. Elaborated methodology can be used for analogical evaluation of forestry development for other countries and their regions or for a set of countries in a certain territory.

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Multi-criteria decision analysis in natural resource management: A critical review of methods and new modelling paradigms

Cited by 661 publications

References 104 publications

Development of a broadened cognitive mapping approach for analysing systems of practices in social–ecological systems

Development of a broadened cognitive mapping approach for analysing systems of practices in social–ecological systems

Integrating knowledge exchange and the assessment of dryland management alternatives – A learning-centered participatory approach

Multicriteria evaluation of forestry development by regions (by the example of Ukraine)

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