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GIS-based multicriteria analysis as decision support in flood risk management [PDF]

In this report we develop a GIS-based multicriteria flood risk assessment and mapping approach. This approach has the ability a) to consider also flood risks which are not measured in monetary terms, b) to show the spatial distribution of these multiple ...
Haase, Dagmar, Meyer, Volker, Scheuer, Sebastian   +2 more
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From Waste to Value: A Data‐Driven Framework for Sustainable Raw Materials Substitution in the Ceramic Industry

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With increasing geopolitical risks, environmental pressures, and regulatory demands, the sustainable sourcing of raw materials has become a global priority for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and SDG
Francesco Parisi, Luciana Randazzo, Davide Settembre Blundo, Isabella Ganci, Silvestro Antonio Ruffolo, Mauro Francesco La Russa   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Repurposing Agricultural Budgets With Multiple Objectives and Fiscal Constraints: A Multicriteria Decision‐Making Policy Tool Applied to Sub‐Saharan African Countries

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Repurposing agricultural public resources toward higher‐return incentives and investments can help transform agri‐food systems. This is important for low‐income countries, especially in sub‐Saharan Africa, where limited budgets restrict options for boosting agricultural spending.
Marco V. Sánchez, Martín Cicowiez, Lucia Battaglia, Valentina Pernechele   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) Methods in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) : a Comparison of Private Passenger Vehicles

Operations Research and Decisions, 2018
Analogies between the life cycle assessment (LCA) and multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) methodologies have been discussed as well as LCA as an MCDA problem for resolving the trade-offs between multiple environmental objectives. The objective of this
Andrzej Macioł, Bogdan Rębiasz
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Targeted Systemic Therapies for Atopic Dermatitis in Australia: A Narrative Review

Australasian Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic relapsing inflammatory skin disease estimated to affect approximately 30% of children and 10%–15% of adults in Australia. Of those with this condition, one in five is estimated to have moderate‐to‐severe disease.
Diana Rubel, Peter Foley, Kathryn A. Gibson, Anita Townsend, Gabrielle Louise Reppen, William Romero Gallardo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selecting essential information for biosurveillance--a multi-criteria decision analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2014
The National Strategy for Biosurveillance defines biosurveillance as "the process of gathering, integrating, interpreting, and communicating essential information related to all-hazards threats or disease activity affecting human, animal, or plant health
Nicholas Generous, Kristen J Margevicius, Kirsten J Taylor-McCabe, Mac Brown, W Brent Daniel, Lauren Castro, Andrea Hengartner, Alina Deshpande   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prioritizing bat roosts for conservation with a global multicriteria bat roost priority index based on community science

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Prioritization in conservation is crucial for the development of efficient and effective decision‐making policies. For many decades, the importance of some species and their habitats has been assessed and applied in conservation legislation, but bats and their diurnal roosts have ofbeen overlooked.
David López‐Bosch, Krizler Tanalgo, Xavier Puig‐Montserrat, Ferran Páramo, Eric Marín, Carles Flaquer, Adrià López‐Baucells   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi crteria decision making and its applications : a literature review [PDF]

, 2008
This paper presents current techniques used in Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) and their applications. Two basic approaches for MCDM, namely Artificial Intelligence MCDM (AIMCDM) and Classical MCDM (CMCDM) are discussed and investigated.
Alias, Mohamad Ashari, Mohd. Hashim, Siti Zaiton, Samsudin, Supiah   +2 more
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Defining and identifying relevant stakeholders to advance effective conservation

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
The challenge of defining stakeholders in environmental science and an approach for refining existing definitions. Abstract Stakeholder is a contested term that has spawned a multitude of ad hoc definitions. The ambiguity of these definitions has oftentimes impeded transdisciplinary research in environmental governance and conservation science because ...
Milan Büscher, Felix Przesdzink, Christian Wilhelmy, Laura Herzog, Johannes Halbe, Florian Fiebelkorn   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multicriteria Evaluation for Protected Area Definition Aiming at Water Quality Improvement

Floresta e Ambiente, 2018
This study aimed to define potential areas for forest conservation to improve water quality, using Multicriteria Evaluation (MCE); and to verify differences between results from a multidisciplinary group of experts.
Kaline de Mello, Danilo Ribeiro da Costa, Roberta Averna Valente, Carlos Alberto Vettorazzi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source