Application of multi-criteria decision-making on strategic municipal solid waste management in Dalmatia, Croatia

Journal Article · Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2008 · Waste Management

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2007.10.002· OSTI ID:21153948

Vego, Goran ^[1]; Kucar-Dragicevic, Savka ^[2]; Koprivanac, Natalija ^[3]

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1. Civil Engineering Institute of Croatia, Environmental and Hydrotechnics Department, Matice Hrvatske 15, 21000 Split (Croatia)
2. Croatian Environmental Agency, Director's Office, Trg Marsala Tita 8, 10000 Zagreb (Croatia)
3. Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Environmental Engineering Department, Marulicev Trg 19, 10000 Zagreb (Croatia)

The efficiency of providing a waste management system in the coastal part of Croatia consisting of four Dalmatian counties has been modelled. Two multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods, PROMETHEE and GAIA, were applied to assist with the systematic analysis and evaluation of the alternatives. The analysis covered two levels; first, the potential number of waste management centres resulting from possible inter-county cooperation; and second, the relative merits of siting of waste management centres in the coastal or hinterland zone was evaluated. The problem was analysed according to several criteria; and ecological, economic, social and functional criteria sets were identified as relevant to the decision-making process. The PROMETHEE and GAIA methods were shown to be efficient tools for analysing the problem considered. Such an approach provided new insights to waste management planning at the strategic level, and gave a reason for rethinking some of the existing strategic waste management documents in Croatia.

• OSTI ID: 21153948
• Journal Information: Waste Management, Vol. 28, Issue 11; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.10.002; PII: S0956-053X(07)00340-6; Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0956-053X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COASTAL REGIONS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DECISION MAKING
EVALUATION
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
SOLID WASTES