Abstract

The limits inherent in conventional decision theory methodologies and the necessity to analyse conflicts between policy objectives have led to many calls for more appropriate analytical tools for strategic evaluation. As such multicriteria evaluation does not itself provide a unique criterion for choice; rather it helps to frame the problem of arriving at a political compromise. This paper, as a first step, deals with the role of multicriteria evaluation methods in the framework of renewable natural resource management. As a second step, the possibility is studied of using multicriteria evaluation methods to tackle problems of integrated water management under drought conditions. We take water management under drought conditions into account because this is an important issue in many southern countries. The term “integrated water management” is used because it is evident that the problems underlying water management can be dealt with only if all the conflicting activities and uses that affect the resource are taken into account. A real-world example in the area of the city of Palermo (western Sicily) is also considered. From this case study, which is a part of a larger project that has been commissioned by the Sicily region, a number of useful lessons can be learned for comparing alternative strategies for the management of a water system under drought conditions.

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