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Analytical hierarchical process (AHP) as a decision support tool in water resources management

Enrique Cabrera, Ricardo Cobacho, Vicent Estruch, Jerónimo Aznar
Published September 2011, 60 (6) 343-351; DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2011.016
Enrique Cabrera
ITA - Dpto, Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n. 46022, Valencia, Spain E-mail: qcabrera@ita.upv.es
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Ricardo Cobacho
ITA - Dpto, Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n. 46022, Valencia, Spain E-mail: qcabrera@ita.upv.es
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Vicent Estruch
Dpto Economia y Ciencias Sociales, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n. 46022, Valencia, Spain
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Jerónimo Aznar
Dpto Economia y Ciencias Sociales, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n. 46022, Valencia, Spain
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Abstract

Despite advances in water conservation, abstraction and transport, water demand has been increasing worldwide in the past few decades. This has resulted in an increased pressure on stakeholders to provide sustainable solutions to meet future water demands. The decision-making process to find those solutions is becoming increasingly complicated. First, owing to the arrival of new technologies or the evolution of existing ones, the number of available alternatives has increased. Additionally, economic criteria have been abandoned as the sole reference for the comparison of alternatives. The increase of both options and restrictions has complicated significantly the choice of the best alternative. Until now, the search for solutions has usually focused on the reduction of all parameters and restrictions to a common denominator or the use of complex and scarcely transparent models. This paper shows how to make use of the AHP technique to improve the decision-making process in order to satisfy new water demands in a local context. This methodology has been widely used in other fields and allows the combination of quantitative and qualitative criteria. Among the virtues of AHP are transparency, simplicity and the fact that it relies on actual opinions from experts.

  • decision-making process
  • water management
  • water policy
  • water resources management
  • Received March 23, 2011.
  • Accepted June 17, 2011.
  • © IWA Publishing 2011

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Enrique Cabrera, Ricardo Cobacho, Vicent Estruch, Jerónimo Aznar
Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - Aqua Sep 2011, 60 (6) 343-351; DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2011.016
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Enrique Cabrera, Ricardo Cobacho, Vicent Estruch, Jerónimo Aznar
Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - Aqua Sep 2011, 60 (6) 343-351; DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2011.016

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