Leon:
You may be interested in an early report that I did for the EPA that
included a short example of decision analysis for stormwater management,
based on Keeney and Raiffa's 1976 book (Decision Analysis with Multiple
Conflicting Objectives, John Wiley & Sons). The multi-criteria decision
criteria was applied to street cleaning operations as part of my San Jose
street cleaning demonstration project (R. Pitt. Demonstration of Nonpoint
Pollution Abatement Through Improved Street Cleaning Practices, US EPA,
EPA-600/2-79-161, August 1979). Ralph Keeney was working at Woodward Clyde
Consultants where I was when I prepared this report and he helped to direct
this example. The example was not meant to be implemented, but was used as a
demonstration of how multiple and conflicting objectives (aesthetics, cost,
air quality/fugitive dust, water quality, and noise levels) can be used to
select from a list of alternative of "best management practices."
Bob
Robert Pitt, P.E., Ph.D., DEE
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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David,
I'd be interested to hear what kind of response you get to this. I'm
carrying out research with the University of Surrey in the UK, to develop a
decision support system for the planning of urban infrastructure, and in
particular systems of sanitation and wastewater collection/treatment.
I've been looking into the use of multi-criteria decision making techniques
which derive from operations research (such as the analytical hierarchy
process). These are quite well documented in other areas of natural
resource management but appear to be little used in urban drainage. I'd be
interested to know if anyone cites such techniques for use in setting
priorities, or indeed, of any alternatives which they suggest.
Regards,
Leon Miles.
Research Engineer (EngD in Environmental Technology),
HR Wallingford,
Howbery Park,
Wallingford,
Oxon OX10 8BA.
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Tel: +44 1491 822296
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