MCDM Approach for Mitigation of Flooding Risks in Odisha (India) Based on Information Retrieval

Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) provides a suitable platform for groups as well as promotion of the participants' role in decision processes. This also enables the development of real participatory processes essential for the successful implementation and sustainable flood management prog...

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Published inInternational journal of cognitive informatics & natural intelligence Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 77 - 91
Main Authors Mishra, Debesh, Satapathy, Suchismita
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hershey IGI Global 01.04.2020
Subjects
Decision making
Environmental impact
Flood damage
Flood management
Flooding
Floods
Informatics
Information processing
Information retrieval
Information storage and retrieval
Literature reviews
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Multiple criterion
Open access publishing
Planning
Risk factors
Rivers
Sustainable development
Australia
India
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Summary:Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) provides a suitable platform for groups as well as promotion of the participants' role in decision processes. This also enables the development of real participatory processes essential for the successful implementation and sustainable flood management programs. The present study contributes by applying two MCDM approaches for weighting the criteria related to the environmental impacts of flooding. Moreover, an attempt was made in this study by an extensive review of literature, and consultations with experts to identify the environmental impacts of flooding in Odisha State (India). Then, the Best Worst Method (BWM) followed by the Step-Wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA) method was used to rank the environmental impacts which were considered as the risk factors. The result of this study will be useful to the governance system for an effective and proper planning, and implementation of flood mitigation projects.
ISSN:1557-3958
1557-3966
DOI:10.4018/IJCINI.2020040105