Valuation of road projects with uncertain outcomes

Making hinterland transport more sustainable a multi actor multi criteria analysis

“…Evaluation studies often use social cost benefit analysis to calculate the impact of a project on society at large, but this type of analysis does not allow researchers to compare explicitly the impact of a decision on a specific stakeholder or stakeholder category. Furthermore, the monetisation of the criteria considered often leads to generalisations and possible loss of information (Damart & Roy, 2009;Scanella & Beuthe, 2003; Tsamboulas, Yiotis, & Panou, 1999). As an alternative or complementary methodology, the Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis (MAMCA), which is an extension of the traditional multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), allows researchers to include the objectives of different stakeholders or stakeholder categories without needing to monetise their considered criteria.…”

Reviewing the use of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for the evaluation of transport projects: Time for a multi-actor approach

“…For example, on the evaluation of alternative rail transit networks (Gercek et al, 2004), the evaluation and choice of road projects (Tabucanon and Lee, 1995;de Silva and Tatam, 1996;DETR, 1998;Bana E Costa, 2001;Scannella and Beuthe, 2003) and setting priorities for bridge replacement using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) (Saito, 1987). For technology, several publications on alternative fuels and traction technology are retrieved.…”

“…One, or a combination, of the above mentioned techniques are retrieved in several publications using the major MCDA methods. Scannella and Beuthe (2003) use the Utility Additive (UTA) method for the evaluation of road projects for the Ministry of Equipment and Transports of the Walloon Region in Belgium. They structure the problem together with the decision makers, defining the relevant criteria.…”

“…Evaluating transport projects nowadays requires the incorporation of several objectives like noise reduction, social impact, even political priorities, which are all difficult to put in monetary values (Tsamboulas et al, 1999). Take the example supplied by Scannella and Beuthe (2003) for instance:'the promotion of a public image', which is very difficult to assess in monetary terms. The difficulties that arise when measuring all relevant impacts of a project in monetary terms, in particular concerning intangible aspects and externalities, have led to the complementation of monetary evaluation (unique criterion) with methods using more than one criterion, e.g.…”

Application of Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis for Transition Management in Energy Communities

“…Scenarios can take up very different aspects of a problem such as, among others, long-term policy measures, technical solutions, and organizational structures of a network [26]. To profit most from applying MAMCA, the problem definition and exploration of potential solutions are organized in a participatory way and based on an early-stage involvement of stakeholders [44,45]. Thus, defining the problem and alternative can be conducted simultaneously or in reversed order with the stakeholder identification and engagement.…”