干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Evaluation of River Water Transfer Alternatives with the TODIM Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method

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DOI	10.1007/s11269-020-02694-2
	Evaluation of River Water Transfer Alternatives with the TODIM Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method
	Ashofteh, Parisa-Sadat; Golfam, Parvin; Loaiciga, Hugo A.
通讯作者	Ashofteh, PS
来源期刊	WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
ISSN	0920-4741
EISSN	1573-1650
出版年	2020
卷号	34 期号:15 页码:4847-4863
英文摘要	Access to water as the core of sustainable development is essential for the socio-economic development of any region. Water security is challenging, especially in arid and semi-arid regions such as Iran, where changes in the temporal distribution of precipitation contribute to the inherent shortage of water resources. Therefore, it is necessary to choose strategies that can advance this heterogeneous distribution towards balance. One of these strategies consists of inter-basin water transfers. This work presents a methodology for selecting the best alternative for river-water transfer relying on multi-criteria decision making. The method is evaluated in the Khodaafarin irrigation network (Ardabil province, Iran). Environmental, economic, technical, and socio-cultural criteria and related sub-criteria are weighted with Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The multi-criteria decision making method (TODIM) is applied to rank the management alternatives. The results of the AHP model show that the sub-criterion of investment costs with a weight of 0.264 is the most effective criterion for choosing the most suitable water-transfer alternative. Also, the results of the TODIM decision-making method indicate the best-ranked alternative consists of water transfer through an existing earthen canal to a pumping lift station, construction of the pumping station at 0 + 400 km, and water conveyance by a concrete canal, with dominance degree of -13.72. The second-best alternative (i.e. water transfer to the pumping station by gravity pipe, construction of the pumping station, and water conveyance by concrete canal) has a dominance degree of -15.54.
英文关键词	TODIM multi-criteria decision making method AHP weighting method Water transfer Sustainable water resources management
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000588224900001
WOS关键词	ADAPTATION
WOS类目	Engineering, Civil ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Engineering ; Water Resources
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/327450
作者单位	[Ashofteh, Parisa-Sadat; Golfam, Parvin] Univ Qom, Dept Civil Engn, Qom, Iran; [Loaiciga, Hugo A.] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Geog, Santa Barbara, CA 93016 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ashofteh, Parisa-Sadat,Golfam, Parvin,Loaiciga, Hugo A.. Evaluation of River Water Transfer Alternatives with the TODIM Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method[J],2020,34(15):4847-4863.
APA	Ashofteh, Parisa-Sadat,Golfam, Parvin,&Loaiciga, Hugo A..(2020).Evaluation of River Water Transfer Alternatives with the TODIM Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method.WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT,34(15),4847-4863.
MLA	Ashofteh, Parisa-Sadat,et al."Evaluation of River Water Transfer Alternatives with the TODIM Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method".WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 34.15(2020):4847-4863.