A multiattribute index for assessing environmental impacts of regional development projects: a case study of Korea.

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Evaluating environmental impacts has become an increasingly vital part of environmental management. In the present study, a methodological procedure based on multiattribute utility theory (MAUT) has been applied to obtain a decision-maker's value index on assessment of the environmental impacts. The paper begins with an overview of MAUT. Next, we elicited strategic objectives and several important attributes, and then structured them into a hierarchy, with the aim of structuring and quantifying the basic values for the assessment. An environmental multiattribute index is constructed as a multiattribute utility function, based on value judgements provided by a decision-maker at the Korean Ministry of Environment (MOE). The implications of the results are useful for many aspects of MOE's environmental policies; identifying the strategic objectives and basic values; facilitating communication about the organization's priorities; and recognizing decision opportunities that face decision-makers of Korea.

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Author/s: Kwak, Seung-Jun (SJ); Yoo, Seung-Hoon (SH); Shin, Chol-Oh (CO);

Affiliation: Department of Economics, Korea University, 5-1 Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Ku, Seoul, 136-701, Korea.

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Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Environmental management (Environ Manage), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Feb; vol 29 (issue 2) : pp 301-9

Dates: Created 2002/01/29; Completed 2002/04/23; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 11815831, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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