TY - JOUR
T1 - On the use of multi-criteria analysis in environmental impact assessment in the Netherlands
AU - Janssen, Ron
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Multi-criteria analysis (MCA) is a popular tool in Dutch environmental impact assessment (EIA). This paper provides an overview of the type and complexity of decision problems supported, and the MCA approach selected to analyse these problems. Furthermore, the role of MCA in the decision process is analysed, and a special case where the MCA results were challenged in court is presented. The paper concludes with some lessons learned from the use of MCA in the Netherlands.
AB - Multi-criteria analysis (MCA) is a popular tool in Dutch environmental impact assessment (EIA). This paper provides an overview of the type and complexity of decision problems supported, and the MCA approach selected to analyse these problems. Furthermore, the role of MCA in the decision process is analysed, and a special case where the MCA results were challenged in court is presented. The paper concludes with some lessons learned from the use of MCA in the Netherlands.
KW - Environmental impact assessment
KW - Multi-criteria analysis
KW - The netherlands
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84892562638
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U2 - 10.1002/mcda.293
DO - 10.1002/mcda.293
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84892562638
SN - 1057-9214
VL - 10
SP - 101
EP - 109
JO - Journal of multi-criteria decision analysis
JF - Journal of multi-criteria decision analysis
IS - 2
ER -
