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Providing useful insights on the use of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) in natural resource management, this book examines a number of empirical applications for several countries and a variety of natural resources. It is shown that using MCDA in the management of water, forestry, wetland and other natural resources can substantially improve the design and implementation of natural resource and environmental policies. Stakeholder involvement is also an important determinant of successful resource management and MCDA provides a useful and effective framework for getting stakeholders involved in resource management decisions. Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in Natural Resource Management gives in-depth analysis of the potential problems in applying these techniques, including difficulties eliciting required information, lack of suitable measures for environmental variables and the need to develop innovative methods to simplify the use of MCDA.

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• Contents
• Preface
• Role of multi-criteria decision making in natural resource management
• Analysis of forest policy using multi-attribute value theory
• Comparing riparian revegetation policy options using the analytic hierarchy process
• Managing environmental and health risks from a lead and zinc smelter: an application of deliberative multi-criteria evaluation, Wendy Proctor
• Multiple attribute evaluation of management alternatives for the Missouri River System
• Multi-criteria decision analysis for integrated watershed management
• Fuzzy multiple attribute evaluation of agricultural systems
• Multi-criteria decision support for energy supply assessment
• Seaport development in Vietnam: evaluation using the analytic hierarchy process
• Valuing wetland aquatic resources using the analytic hierarchy process
• Multiple attribute evaluation for national park management
• The future of MCDA in natural resource management: some generalizations
• Index

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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.