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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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KWAK, SJ., YOO, SH. & SHIN, CO. A Multiattribute Index for Assessing Environmental Impacts of Regional Development Projects: A Case Study of Korea. Environmental Management 29, 301–309 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-001-0022-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-001-0022-2