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USING VALUES IN PLANNING WASTEWATER FACILITIES FOR METROPOLITAN SEATTLE 1
Author(s) -
Keeney Ralph L.,
McDaniels Timothy L.,
RidgeCooney Vicky L.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1996.tb03452.x
Subject(s) - stakeholder , metropolitan area , analytic hierarchy process , key (lock) , hierarchy , process (computing) , set (abstract data type) , value (mathematics) , operations research , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , management science , business , environmental economics , engineering , economics , computer security , management , pathology , machine learning , programming language , operating system , medicine , market economy
This paper uses the fundamental values of decision makers to guide a long‐term wastewater planning process at Seattle Metro, a major utility district. Multiattribute value assessment is used to elicit the objectives of several elected officials and other key decision makers. The results are structured into a fundamental objectives hierarchy and a means‐ends objectives network. A set of measures to indicate the performance of planning alternatives in terms of the fundamental objectives is developed. Preliminary value tradeoffs between objectives are elicited from several elected officials. The results of these steps are useful for many aspects of long‐term planning: facilitating communication about values and priorities; designing attractive alternatives that are more likely to serve stakeholder interests; identifying information needed to evaluate alternatives; clarifying the relative importance of information about different impacts; providing a basis for quantitative evaluation of the alternatives with multiple objective analysis; and focusing attention on key tradeoffs that will affect the choice of alternatives.