The analytic hierarchy process supporting decision making for sustainable development: An overview of applications

Santos, Paulo Henrique dos; Neves, Sandra Miranda; Sant’Anna, Daniele Ornaghi; Oliveira, Carlos Henrique de; Carvalho, Henrique Duarte

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.270

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“…In fact, this method gives priority to the SBBM components based on their effect on sustainability. The AHP has remarkably contributed to the literature of sustainability as, for instance, it is applied in common areas of sustainability and food, agriculture, urban development, fuel/biofuel, Energy [74]. Vaidya and Kumar [75] provide a comprehensive literature review of the applications of the AHP method.…”

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Sustainable Banking; Evaluation of the European Business Models

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Sustainability has become one of the challenges of today's banks. Since sustainable business models are responsible for the environment and society along with generating economic benefits, they are an attractive approach to sustainability. Sustainable business models also offer banks competitive advantages such as increasing brand reputation and cost reduction. However, no framework is presented to evaluate the sustainability of banking business models. To bridge this theoretical gap, the current study using A Delphi-Analytic Hierarchy Process method, firstly, developed a sustainable business model to evaluate the sustainability of the business model of banks. In the second step, the sustainability performance of sixteen banks from eight European countries including Norway, , assessed. The proposed business model components of this study were ranked in terms of their impact on achieving sustainability goals. Consequently, the proposed model components of this study, based on their impact on sustainability, are respectively value proposition, core competencies, financial aspects, business processes, target customers, resources, technology, customer interface, and partner network. The results of the comparison of the banks studied by each country disclosed that the sustainability of the Norwegian and German banks' business models is higher than in other counties. The studied banks of Hungary and Spain came in second, the banks of the UK, Poland, and France ranked third, and finally, the Italian banks ranked fourth in the sustainability of their business models.

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Section: Analytic Hierarchy Process (Ahp)mentioning

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“…TOPSIS efforts are to specify the best alternative that has the shortest distance from the best ideal value and the furthest distance from the worst ideal value. The positive value or solution is minimizing the cost criteria and maximize the profit criteria (Dos Santos et al, 2019). However, the negative value is the opposite of a positive value.…”

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Implementation of multi-criteria decision method for selection of suitable material for development of horizontal wind turbine blade for sustainable energy generation

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A B S T R A C TThe material selection process for producing a horizontal axis wind turbine blade for sustainable energy generation is a vital issue when using Nigeria as a case study. Due to the challenge faced with the low wind speed variations. However, this paper focuses on implementing MCDM for the material selection process for a suitable material for developing a horizontal wind turbine blade. This paper used a quantitative research approach using AHP and TOPSIS multi-criteria decision method. The study put into consideration the environmental conditions for the material selection process when designing the questionnaire. The authors extracted the data used for the selection process from the 130 research questionnaire distributed to materials engineers and renewable energy professionals. This research considered four alternatives that is, aluminum alloy, stainless steel, glass fiber, and mild steel to determine the best material for the wind turbine blade. Also, the model has four criteria and eight sub-criteria used for developing the pair-wise matrix and the performance score used for the ranking process of the alternatives. The result shows that a consistency index of 0.056 and a consistency ratio of 0.062 gotten via the AHP method is workable for material selection practice. 78%, 43%, 67%, and 25% are the performance scores for the four alternatives via the TOPSIS techniques. In conclusion, aluminum alloy is the best material, followed by glass fibre. Therefore, the decision-makers recommended aluminum alloy; hence, manufacturers should apply aluminum alloy to develop the wind turbine blade for sustainable energy generation.

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“…It was based on the analytic hierarchy process technique [29], i.e., a formal ranking method for obtaining stakeholders' priorities over multiple objectives. This method has been widely applied to, e.g., natural resource management, environmental planning, and watershed-related decision-making [30]. First of all, identified criteria were hierarchically classified in order of importance, based on stakeholder expertise.…”

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Stakeholder Perspectives to Prevent Soil Organic Matter Decline in Northeastern Italy

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A transition from conventional to more sustainable soil management measures (SMMs) is required to reverse the current soil organic matter (SOM) losses in the agroecosystems. Despite the innovations and technologies that are available to prevent SOM decline, top–down knowledge transfer schemes that incentivize a certain measure are often ineffective. Here, we discuss relevant outcomes from a participatory approach where researchers, farmers, practitioners and government officials have discussed opportunities and barriers around SMM application to prevent SOM decline. Within a series of workshops, stakeholders identified, scored, and selected SMMs to field-tests and evaluated the benefits and drawbacks from their application. Results showed that the stakeholders recognized the need for innovations, although they valued the most promising SMM as already available continuous soil cover and conservation agriculture. In contrast, more innovative SMMs, such as biochar use and the variable rate application of organic amendments through precision farming, were the least valued, suggesting that people’s resistance to new technologies is often governed by the socio-cultural perception of them that goes beyond the economic and technological aspects. The valuation of benefits and drawbacks by stakeholders on trialed measures emphasized that stakeholders’ perspective about soil management is a combination of economic, environmental, and socio-cultural aspects, thus corroborating the need for transdisciplinary bottom–up approaches to prevent SOM depletion and increase soil rehabilitation and SOM content.

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The analytic hierarchy process supporting decision making for sustainable development: An overview of applications

Cited by 273 publications

References 164 publications

Sustainable Banking; Evaluation of the European Business Models

Sustainable Banking; Evaluation of the European Business Models

Implementation of multi-criteria decision method for selection of suitable material for development of horizontal wind turbine blade for sustainable energy generation

Stakeholder Perspectives to Prevent Soil Organic Matter Decline in Northeastern Italy

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