TY - JOUR
T1 - Planning for an Uncertain Future
T2 - Can Multicriteria Analysis Support Better Decision Making in Climate Planning?
AU - Ellen, Ingrid Gould
AU - Yager, Jessica
AU - Hanson, Melinda
AU - Bosher, Luke
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - The realities of climate change demand updated approaches and tools to support decision making. In this article, we examine the promise of an emerging tool, multicriteria analysis (MCA), in climate-change planning. We find that MCA has the potential to perform better than cost-benefit analysis and working group approaches in supporting decision-making processes that are more participatory, transparent, comprehensive, rigorous, and scenario-driven. However, in practice, MCA may not achieve all of these effective planning principles, and it is more likely to fall short in cases where planners have limited resources.
AB - The realities of climate change demand updated approaches and tools to support decision making. In this article, we examine the promise of an emerging tool, multicriteria analysis (MCA), in climate-change planning. We find that MCA has the potential to perform better than cost-benefit analysis and working group approaches in supporting decision-making processes that are more participatory, transparent, comprehensive, rigorous, and scenario-driven. However, in practice, MCA may not achieve all of these effective planning principles, and it is more likely to fall short in cases where planners have limited resources.
KW - citizen participation
KW - environment
KW - natural resources
KW - sustainability
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U2 - 10.1177/0739456X16659911
DO - 10.1177/0739456X16659911
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84986331487
SN - 0739-456X
VL - 36
SP - 349
EP - 362
JO - Journal of Planning Education and Research
JF - Journal of Planning Education and Research
IS - 3
ER -