Prioritization of rehabilitation interventions for urban water assets using multiple criteria decision-aid methods

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1007-1014

  Carrico N ^a   Covas, D I C ^a   Ceu Almeida M ^b   Leitao J P ^b   Alegre, H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cost; MCDA; Performance; Prioritization; Rehabilitation plan; Risk

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT MEASURES; DECISION AIDS; DECISION MAKERS; ELECTRE; ELECTRE III; FAILURE REPAIRS; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; MCDA; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITIZATION; RANKING METHODS; SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS; URBAN WATERS;

RISKS; SEWERS; WATER LEVELS;

COSTS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FLOW VELOCITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRIORITIZATION; RISK FACTOR; URBAN PLANNING; WATER LEVEL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COST; FLOW RATE; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION AID METHOD; PORTUGAL; SEWER; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CITIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; PORTUGAL; SANITARY ENGINEERING; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84864402174     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.274     Document Type: Article

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