Multicriteria Decision Analysis Techniques, Challenges, and Potentials For Water Resources Management Scenario Analysis

Abstract

 Due to an increase in water demand triggered by global conditions such as climate change, population growth, rapid urbanization, and so on, water resources management becomes an important issue for the sustainability of water resources. Decision-making is the final step in the management process. Very often, when a decision becomes a bit or completely complicated because it has to consider a complex or multi-criteria approach. That’s why we need tools that can help decision-makers deliver sophisticated decisions. This paper will briefly discuss three methods of Multi-criteria Decision Analysis Techniques: the ELECTREE Method, the PROMETHEE Method, and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The AHP method shows that the priority is placed on different levels. The first level lies in the overall benefit from the realization of the project, as the main goal of the hierarchy. The ELECTREE and PROMETHEE Methods are widely used for outranking problems. Both methods are often used for analysis in different fields such as agriculture and water management. Considering the huge impact of projects in the water resources management sector, the Multi-criteria Decision Analysis Technique will become more challenging in the future.