Journal
URBAN WATER JOURNAL
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 315-327Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/15730620802041038
Keywords
multi-criteria decision aid; integrated framework; decision making; shortcomings; sustainability assessment; urban water
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- Australian Research Council (ARC)
- Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA)
- Total Environmental Centre (TEC)
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Integrated sustainability assessment is part of a new paradigm for urban water decision making. Multi-criteria decision aid (MCDA) is an integrative framework used in urban water sustainability assessment, which has a particular focus on utilising stakeholder participation. Here MCDA is reviewed in the context of urban water management used in a decision making framework. Three other commonly used integrated approaches in urban water management (cost-benefit analysis, triple bottom line and integrated assessment) are compared with MCDA. Generic types of shortcomings associated with MCDA are discussed to provide an understanding of MCDA's limitation in urban water management decision making; including 1) preferential independency, 2) double counting and under-counting, and 3) transparency of MCDA methods and results.
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