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

de Brito, Mariana Madruga; Evers, Mariele

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1019-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1019-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1019-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

Review article

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26 Apr 2016

Review article |

| 26 Apr 2016

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

Mariana Madruga de Brito and Mariele Evers

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RC C2457: 'Referee's comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Dec 2015
- AC C2752: 'Thank you for your comment', Mariana Madruga de Brito, 22 Dec 2015
RC C2465: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Dec 2015
- AC C2760: 'Thank you for your comment', Mariana Madruga de Brito, 22 Dec 2015

Short summary

This study presents a systematic review of 128 papers that apply multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) tools to flood problems, aiming to provide an overall picture of what has motivated researchers in 37 different countries over the past 2 decades. A wide range of applications were identified, highlighting the utility of MCDM as a decision support tool in all stages of the flood management process.