Complementary use of the Ecosystem Service Concept and Multi-criteria Decision Analysis in Water Management.

ABSTRACT: The ecosystem service (ES) concept has increasingly been applied in environmental planning, while there are several decades of experience in applying multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in complex planning situations. The aim of this article is to assess how the ES concept has been used in water management projects together with MCDA and to examine the experiences gained and make recommendations to overcome any identified challenges. Our conclusions are based on a systematic analysis of 23 articles that were selected among 206 articles focused on water-related studies using, for example, the terms multi-criteria and ecosystem services in the title, abstract or keywords. Here, we explore (i) at what level of detail ESs are included in the decision hierarchy, (ii) the pros and cons of th

SUBMITTER: Marttunen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9012706 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature