Multicriteria analysis of environmental quality in Taipei: public preferences and improvement strategies.
The public preferences for environmental quality should be a primary consideration of planners and decision-makers in environmental systems planning. In the first stage of multicriteria analysis, a multi-attribute evaluation model for determining public preferences is formulated. The environmental indices are defined for a comparison of environmental quality in different metropolitan districts. The public preferences of the environmental quality in Taipei are obtained using the weighted average rating method. The results indicate air quality and noise pollution as main public concern. In the second stage of multicriteria analysis, strategies are proposed to improve the air quality, and criteria are established. The experts evaluated all alternative strategies according to the criteria. The alternatives are ranked applying the compromise ranking method.
Tzeng
Gwo-Hshiung
GH
Institute of Management of Technology and Institute of Traffic and Transportation, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan. ghtzeng@cc.nctu.edu.tw
Tsaur
Sheng-Hshiung
SH
Laiw
Yiou-Dong
YD
Opricovic
Serafim
S
D000328:Adult; D003625:Data Collection; D003657:Decision Making; D004777:Environment; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D011639:Public Opinion; D011786:Quality Control; D013624:Taiwan