WATER RESOURCES PLANNING USING THE AHP AND PROMETHEE MULTICRITERIA METHODS: THE CASE OF NESTOS RIVER-GREECE

In this paper four alternative irrigation projects for the East MacedoniaThrace District are evaluated. The projects goal is the rational water resources management of Nestos River in relation to the operation of two recently constructed dams. The management of the water supply system should balanced the needs for irrigation, the needs of the Public Electrical Corporation for hydropower generation, as well as environmental requirements given the presence of valuable natural ecosystems in the area. In order to evaluate the projects, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and PROMETHEE multicriteria methods are used. The projects evaluation is based on economic, social, environmental and cost criteria. Alternative scenarios on the availability of water resources are also incorporated in the model.

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