Multi-criteria decision making for water resource management: A case study of the Gediz River Basin, Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorYilmaz B.
dc.contributor.authorHarmancioglu N.B.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:21:10Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:21:10Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractIn this study, a water resource management model that facilitates indicator-based decisions, with respect to environmental, social and economic dimensions in a multiple criteria perspective, is developed for the Gediz River Basin in Turkey. The basic input of the proposed model is the quantity of surface water that is mainly allocated to irrigation purposes. The model has been applied under 3 different hydro-meteorological scenarios that reflect baseline as well as better and worse conditions of water supply and demand, not only to reach a comprehensive assessment of the water budget in the Gediz Basin, but also to evaluate the impacts of proposed management alternatives under different conditions. The Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) software is used as a simulation and evaluation tool to assess the performance of possible management alternatives; performance is measured by 9 indicators representing economic, social and environmental sustainability. The study has delineated the best management alternative on the basis of 3 different multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods, including simple additive weighting (SAW), compromise programming (CP) and technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). Each method is also applied with 7 different sets of criteria weights that represent objective judgements as well as subjective preferences of decision makers. The results of the study indicate that the decision on the best alternative is basically independent of the MCDM method used, but slightly sensitive to the weights assigned to the criteria as well as the data used in the analyses.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.4314/wsa.v36i5.61990
dc.identifier.issn03784738
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/18479
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherSouth African Water Research Commission
dc.rightsAll Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access
dc.subjectGediz Basin
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectBudget control
dc.subjectComputer software
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectEnvironmental management
dc.subjectNatural resources management
dc.subjectResource allocation
dc.subjectRivers
dc.subjectSurface waters
dc.subjectSustainable development
dc.subjectWater management
dc.subjectWater resources
dc.subjectWater supply
dc.subjectWatersheds
dc.subjectGediz River
dc.subjectGediz River Basin , Turkey
dc.subjectMcdm
dc.subjectMulti-criteria decision making
dc.subjectSimple additive weighting
dc.subjectTechnique for order preference by similarity to ideal solutions
dc.subjectWaterresource management
dc.subjectWEAP
dc.subjectbasin management
dc.subjectdata set
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjecthydrometeorology
dc.subjectirrigation system
dc.subjectmulticriteria analysis
dc.subjectpreference behavior
dc.subjectriver basin
dc.subjectsoftware
dc.subjectsurface water
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectwater budget
dc.subjectwater resource
dc.subjectwater supply
dc.subjectDecision making
dc.titleMulti-criteria decision making for water resource management: A case study of the Gediz River Basin, Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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