Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/45235 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
UFZ Discussion Paper No. 6/2003
Publisher: 
UFZ-Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle, Leipzig
Abstract: 
This discussion paper presents the Integrated Methodological Approach for participatory multi-criteria decision support under uncertainty (IMA), which emerged from the debates about participation, multi-criteria analysis (MCA) and benefit-cost analysis (BCA). It provides a framework for participatory and science-based evaluation processes with combined use of BCA and MCA to support large-scale public decisions. While IMA does not claim to realize an all-inclusive participation scheme, it offers the advantage to improve the quality of decision making through advances in competence and fairness. Its practical application with emphasis on its participatory elements is demonstrated by the case study on the water allocation conflict of the German Spree River, which involves the German capital of Berlin, an important wetland, and the needs to remediate a post-mining landscape.
Subjects: 
Participation
Multi-criteria analysis
Cost-benefit analysis
River basin management
Integrated Assesment
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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