Multi-criteria decision-making for flood risk management: a survey of the current state of the art

• Published in: Natural hazards and earth system sciences Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 1019 - 1033
• Main Authors: de Brito, Mariana Madruga, Evers, Mariele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 26.04.2016; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Additives; Alternatives; Analytic hierarchy process; Decision making; Emergency preparedness; Environmental risk; Flood management; Flood risk; Floods; Literature reviews; Marine conservation; Methods; Mitigation; Multiple criterion; Objectives; Preferences; Risk management; Surveying; Surveys; Uncertainty analysis; Vulnerability

This paper provides a review of multi-criteria decision-making  (MCDM) applications to flood risk management, seeking to highlight trends and identify research gaps. A total of 128 peer-reviewed papers published from 1995 to June 2015 were systematically analysed. Results showed that the number of f...