TY - JOUR
T1 - A multiattribute index for assessing environmental impacts of regional development projects
T2 - A case study of Korea
AU - Kwak, Seung Jun
AU - Yoo, Seung Hoon
AU - Shin, Chul Oh
PY - 2002/2/1
Y1 - 2002/2/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Decision analysis
KW - Decision-making
KW - Environmental impact assessment
KW - Multiattribute index
KW - Multiattribute utility theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036479807&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00267-001-0022-2
DO - 10.1007/s00267-001-0022-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 11815831
AN - SCOPUS:0036479807
SN - 0364-152X
VL - 29
SP - 301
EP - 309
JO - Environmental Management
JF - Environmental Management
IS - 2
ER -
