Abdullah, MF, Siraj, S orcid.org/0000-0002-7962-9930 and Hodgett, RE orcid.org/0000-0002-4351-7240 (2021) An Overview of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) Application in Managing Water-Related Disaster Events: Analyzing 20 Years of Literature for Flood and Drought Events. Water, 13 (10). ISSN 2073-4441
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) applications in managing water-related disasters (WRD). Although MCDA has been widely used in managing natural disasters, it appears that no literature review has been conducted on the applications of MCDA in the disaster management phases of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Therefore, this paper fills this gap by providing a bibliometric analysis of MCDA applications in managing flood and drought events. Out of 818 articles retrieved from scientific databases, 149 articles were shortlisted and analyzed using a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) approach. The results show a significant growth in MCDA applications in the last five years, especially in managing flood events. Most articles focused on the mitigation phase of DMP, while other phases of preparedness, response, and recovery remained understudied. The analytical hierarchy process (AHP) was the most common MCDA technique used, followed by mixed-method techniques and TOPSIS. The article concludes the discussion by identifying a number of opportunities for future research in the use of MCDA for managing water-related disasters.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA); water-related disaster; floods; drought; disaster management plan (DMP); systematic literature review (SLR); PRISMA |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Decision Research (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 May 2021 14:10 |
Last Modified: | 17 May 2021 14:10 |
Published Version: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/10/1358 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/w13101358 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:174104 |