Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in Natural Resource Management

Gamini Herath is Associate Professor of Economics at Deakin University, Australia. Tony Prato is Professor of Ecological Economics at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA.

Contents: Preface; Role of multi-criteria decision making in natural resource management, Gamini Herath and Tony Prato; Analysis of forest policy using multi-attribute value theory, Jayanath Ananda and Gamini Herath; Comparing riparian revegetation policy options using the analytic hierarchy process, M. E. Qureshi and S.R.Harrison; Managing environmental and health risks from a lead and zinc smelter: an application of deliberative multi-criteria evaluation, Wendy Proctor, Chris McQuade and Anne Dekker; Multiple attribute evaluation of management alternatives for the Missouri River System, Tony Prato; Multi-criteria decision analysis for integrated watershed management, Zeyuan Qiu; Fuzzy multiple attribute evaluation of agricultural systems, Leonie A. Marks and Elizabeth G. Dunn; Multi-criteria decision support for energy supply assessment, Bram Noble; Seaport development in Vietnam: evaluation using the analytic hierarchy process, Tran Phuong Dong and David M. Chapman; Valuing wetland aquatic resources using the analytic hierarchy process, Premachandra Wattage and Simon Mardle; Multiple attribute evaluation for national park management, Tony Prato; The future of MCDA in natural resource management: some generalizations, Gamini Herath and Tony Prato; Index.