Applying voting theory in natural resource management: a case of multiple-criteria group decision support

Laukkanen, Sanna; Kangas, Annika; Kangas, Jyrki

doi:10.1006/jema.2001.0511

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“…The transparency and objective nature of our approach will assist in minimizing known conflicts between stakeholder groups typically involved in the decommissioning process. Additionally, the simplicity of MA will make the approach efficient and cheap to implement relative to other more complex methods of decision analysis (Laukkanen et al, 2002). Lastly, the approach can be adapted to a wide range of decommissioning scenarios through simple adjustment of the criteria and option lists in the decision matrix.…”

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“…Quantitative performance data are not available for most of the criteria listed in Table 1, especially environmental impacts. Approvals-disapprovals for such criteria can be based on a threshold rank, instead of a threshold value, so options merely need to be put in rank order regarding their performance for particular criteria (Laukkanen et al, 2002). Even data restricted to a few descriptive categories (e.g.…”

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A multi-criteria decision approach to decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure

Fowler

Macreadie

Jones

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Ocean & Coastal Management

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Article (refereed) -postprintFowler, A.M.; Macreadie, P.I.; Jones, D.O.B.; Booth, D.J.. 2014 A multi-criteria decision approach to decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure. Ocean & Coastal Management, 87. 20-29. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013 Contact NOC NORA team at publications@noc.soton.ac.ukThe NERC and NOC trademarks and logos ('the Trademarks') are registered trademarks of NERC in the UK and other countries, and may not be used without the prior written consent of the Trademark owner.A multi-criteria decision approach to decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure AbstractThousands of the world's offshore oil and gas structures are approaching obsolescence and will require decommissioning within the next decade. Many nations have blanket regulations requiring obsolete structures to be removed, yet this option is unlikely to yield optimal environmental, societal and economic outcomes in all situations. We propose that nations adopt a flexible approach that allows decommissioning options to be selected from the full range of alternatives (including 'rigs-to-reefs' options) on a case-by-case basis. We outline a method of multi-criteria decision analysis (Multi-criteria Approval, MA) for evaluating and comparing alternative decommissioning options across key selection criteria, including environmental, financial, socioeconomic, and health and safety considerations. The MA approach structures the decision problem, forces explicit consideration of trade-offs and directly involves stakeholder groups in the decision process. We identify major decommissioning options and provide a generic list of selection criteria required for inclusion in the MA decision process. To deal with knowledge gaps concerning environmental impacts of decommissioning, we suggest that expert opinion feed into the MA approach until sufficient data become available. We conducted a limited trial of the MA decision approach to demonstrate its application to a complex and controversial decommissioning scenario; Platform Grace in southern California. The approach indicated, for this example, that the option 'leave in place intact' would likely provide best environmental outcomes in the event of future decommissioning. In summary, the MA approach will allow the environmental, social, and economic impacts of decommissioning decisions to be assessed simultaneously in a transparent manner.

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A multi-criteria decision approach to decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure

Fowler

Macreadie

Jones

et al. 2014

Ocean & Coastal Management

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“…Unfortunately, results in this area are pessimistic: even some very mild conditions of reasonableness could not be simultaneously satisfied by a social choice. In consequence, aggregation of opinions will usually involve circumventing Arrow's impossibility theorem by relaxing some of its applicability conditions (see, for example, [13,14]). …”

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“…Optimizing expression (13) leads to the most sustainable forest management plan for a specific participant. You can see [54,58,60] for a detailed explanation of the spatial-temporal location of activities given by the management plan.…”

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Validation of a Methodology for Confidence-Based Participatory Forest Management

Martínez-Falero

González-García

García‐Abril

et al. 2018

Forests

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This paper formulates a new strategy for participatory forest management consisting of encouraging public participation as long as it increases empathy among participants. The strategy requires the homogeneous representation of the opinion of a participant (i.e., to determine how they assess a forest plan and identify the best one). Utility assessments are prepared for participants through pair-comparisons between meaningful points in the territory and from value functions based on forest indicators. The best plan is designed by applying combinatorial optimization algorithms to the utility of a participant. The calculating of empathy-of one participant relative to another-is based on the equivalence of their respective utilities when the current forest plan is modified. This involves calculating the opinions that are due to systematic changes in the collective plan for those participants that each participant supposes will affect the utility of the other participants. Calculating empathy also requires knowing the interactions among participants, which have been incorporated through agent-based simulation models. Application of the above methodology has confirmed the association between increases in empathy and convergence of opinions in different scenarios: well and medium-informed participants and with and without interaction among them, which verifies the proposed strategy. In addition, this strategy is easily integrated into available information systems and its outcomes show advantages over current participatory applications.

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“…Neither weight assignment, as a representative method rooted in (expert) opinion and value judgements, nor methods based on statistics and probability theory (applicable for measurable attributes) have proved successful for this purpose. Maybe 'approval voting' (Laukkanen et al, 2002) is the closest to what is widely understood as participative/democratic decision making. It appears, on the other hand, that a continuous engagement process, sound and consistent, scientifically supported and respected by all involved parties, which deals adequately with uncertainties related to long-term predictions/evaluations -as applied in Finland and Sweden -can provide satisfactory results (SKB, 2011).…”

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Strategic Environmental Considerations of Nuclear Power

Kontić¹

2012

Nuclear Power Plants

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Applying voting theory in natural resource management: a case of multiple-criteria group decision support

Cited by 79 publications

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A multi-criteria decision approach to decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure

A multi-criteria decision approach to decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure

Validation of a Methodology for Confidence-Based Participatory Forest Management

Strategic Environmental Considerations of Nuclear Power

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