Abstract
Evaluating environmental impacts has become an increasingly vital part of environmental management. In the present study, a methodological procedure based on multiattribute utility theory (MAUT) has been applied to obtain a decision-maker's value index on assessment of the environmental impacts. The paper begins with an overview of MAUT. Next, we elicited strategic objectives and several important attributes, and then structured them into a hierarchy, with the aim of structuring and quantifying the basic values for the assessment. An environmental multiattribute index is constructed as a multiattribute utility function, based on value judgements provided by a decision-maker at the Korean Ministry of Environment (MOE). The implications of the results are useful for many aspects of MOE's environmental policies; identifying the strategic objectives and basic values; facilitating communication about the organization's priorities; and recognizing decision opportunities that face decision-makers of Korea.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 301-309 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Environmental Management |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2002 Feb 1 |
Keywords
- Decision analysis
- Decision-making
- Environmental impact assessment
- Multiattribute index
- Multiattribute utility theory
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Global and Planetary Change
- Ecology
- Pollution